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Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
With our 24/7 news cycle and constant access to the latest headlines, the world can be a scary place. Now imagine you're a child trying to make sense of it all! That's where books from the Children in Our World series can help. Each book uses relatable comparisons, carefully researched text, and striking illustrations to help kids understand the many difficulties that children just like them face in the world today. In Racism and Intolerance ,...
5) Bear and Bee
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A hungry bear discovers that bees are not terrible monsters who never share their honey.
10) Point guard
Author
Series
Home team novels volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's basketball season for the home team but Gus must wrestle with prejudice when he's the only one bothered by Cassie joining the boys' team and his teammate Steve makes fun of Gus's Dominican heritage"--
11) Tentacle & wing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ada is a Chimera, one of a number of children born with human and animal DNA thanks to a genetic experiment gone wrong. When she is shipped off to a quarantined school for other kids like herself, she senses that the facility is keeping a secret, which, if discovered, could upend everything the world knows about how Chimeras came into being"--
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marty and his best friend, Shiloh are on another adventure. Marty learns when a secret is too dangerous to keep, and that hate can spread like fire"--
13) Saving Shiloh
Author
Series
Shiloh quartet volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Saving Shiloh, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor brings to a conclusion the trilogy begun with the Newbery Medal winner Shiloh and its sequel, Shiloh Season. Judd Travers is physically on the mend from the truck accident that nearly took his life in Shiloh Season. But is he healing inside too? Can Marty and his family and the community trust that Judd will not return to his evil ways? Marty's parents tell him that every person...
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Publisher Annotation: Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?"
17) Bunnybear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
" Although Bunnybear was born a bear, he feels more like a bunny. He loves to bounce through the forest, wiggle his nose, and munch on strawberries. The other bears don't understand him, and neither do the bunnies. Will Bunnybear ever find a friend who likes him just the way he is? "--
18) Saving Sky
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an America that has suffered continual terrorist attacks since 9/11, seventh-grader Sky stands up for what is right and helps a classmate of Middle Eastern descent, although doing so places her and her family at great risk.
19) Fair ball
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Derek is juggling finals and a baseball tournament during the last few weeks of school, but when his friend Dave starts ignoring him, Derek's perfect summer starts to look less fun"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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2020 Youth Media Awards: Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz!
2021-2022 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
2021-2022 OBOB 6th-8th Grade
Newbery Medal | Winners And Honorees | 2020-Current
Description
Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.
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