29 Best Prejudice & Racism, Juvenile Fiction Books
Prejudice & Racism, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Prejudice & Racism, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Prejudice & Racism, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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An American Story
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 11 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 03, 2023
- Language: English
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4.7(214 ratings)
4.7(214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USD#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history.
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From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people’s struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book honors what has been and envisions what is to be.
With stunning mixed-media illustrations by newcomer Dare Coulter, this is a potent book for those who want to speak the truth. Perfect for family sharing, the classroom, and homeschooling. -
Let the Children March
- By: Monica Clark-Robinson
- Narrator: Janina Edwards
- Length: 38 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.56(1819 ratings)
4.56(1819 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDIn 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear,In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. Monica Clark-Robinson’s moving and poetic words document this remarkable time.
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Love in the Library
- By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
- Narrator: Sura Siu
- Length: 14 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: January 11, 2022
- Language: English
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4.48(1765 ratings)
4.48(1765 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDTo fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human–that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War RelocationTo fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human–that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast–elderly people, children, babies–now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn’t know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp’s tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn’t the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? Is she the reason George comes to the library every day? Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s elegant and true love story about her grandparents for listeners of all ages sheds light on a shameful chapter of American history.
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The Door of No Return
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrator: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 27, 2022
- Language: English
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4.43(2117 ratings)
4.43(2117 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDDreams are today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions. 11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises andDreams are today’s answers for tomorrow’s questions.
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11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets…
Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father’s father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he’s hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin.
But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi’s brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight.
You are only fine, until you are not.
The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs…
The river does not care how grown you are.
As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. -
The Arabic Quilt
- By: Aya Khalil
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 04, 2020
- Language: English
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4.43(759 ratings)
4.43(759 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.009.99 USDKanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but thatKanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. The next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a quilt (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi’s most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.
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Ghost Boys
- By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrator: Miles Harvey
- Length: 2 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 17, 2018
- Language: English
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4.37(23247 ratings)
4.37(23247 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USDA heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.
Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.
Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that’s been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing.
Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father’s actions.
Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today’s world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.
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Genesis Begins Again
- By: Alicia D. Williams
- Narrator: Alicia D. Williams
- Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.37(6606 ratings)
4.37(6606 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” —The New York Times “One of the best books I have ever read…will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives.” –Colby Sharp, founder of“Reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” —The New York Times
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“One of the best books I have ever read…will live in the hearts of readers for the rest of their lives.” –Colby Sharp, founder of Nerdy Book Club
“An emotional, painful, yet still hopeful adolescent journey…one that needed telling.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“I really loved this.” –Sharon M. Draper, author of the New York Times bestseller Out of My Mind
This deeply sensitive and “compelling” (BCCB) debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself.
There are ninety-six reasons why thirteen-year-old Genesis dislikes herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list:
-Because her family is always being put out of their house.
-Because her dad has a gambling problem. And maybe a drinking problem too.
-Because Genesis knows this is all her fault.
-Because she wasn’t born looking like Mama.
-Because she is too black.
Genesis is determined to fix her family, and she’s willing to try anything to do so…even if it means harming herself in the process. But when Genesis starts to find a thing or two she actually likes about herself, she discovers that changing her own attitude is the first step in helping change others. -
I Am Golden
- By: Eva Chen
- Narrator: Eva Chen
- Length: 7 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: February 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.28(815 ratings)
4.28(815 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.001.99 USDAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!This joyful and lyrical audiobook from New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao is a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese AmericanAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!
This joyful and lyrical audiobook from New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao is a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children.What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty?
We see eyes that point toward the sun, that give us the warmth and joy of a thousand rays when you smile. We see hair as inky black and smooth as a peaceful night sky. We see skin brushed with gold.
A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends
Praise for I Am Golden:
“[A] richly metaphoric celebration of Chinese American identity … Luminous, gently textured digital art by Diao includes thoughtful, recognizably Chinese cues that add further dimension … A loving, affecting tribute to how children of immigrants can serve as bridges and torchbearers for their communities.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“From the outset, this gorgeous picture book exudes joy and celebration of identity. Through dazzling illustrations, Diao brings to exuberant life best-selling Chinese American author Chen’s message of finding love and power in one’s differences. … This powerful and uplifting story captures [Chinese] American joy and is a definite must-read.” —Booklist, starred review
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Finding Junie Kim
- By: Ellen Oh
- Narrator: Greta Jung
- Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: May 04, 2021
- Language: English
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4.27(1668 ratings)
4.27(1668 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDFor fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Amina’s Voice comes a breathtaking own voices story of family, hope, and survival from Ellen Oh, cofounder of We Need Diverse Books. When Junie Kim is faced with middle school racism, she learns of herFor fans of Inside Out and Back Again and Amina’s Voice comes a breathtaking own voices story of family, hope, and survival from Ellen Oh, cofounder of We Need Diverse Books. When Junie Kim is faced with middle school racism, she learns of her grandparents’ extraordinary strength and finds her voice. Inspired by her mother’s real-life experiences during the Korean War, Oh’s characters are real and riveting.
“Both unique and universal, timely and timeless.” –Padma Venkatraman, Walter Award-winning author of The Bridge Home
“A moving story that highlights how to find courage in the face of unspeakable hardship.” –Hena Khan, award-winning author of Amina’s Voice
“Junie discovers where she comes from and gains the courage to make a difference in the future.” –Wendy Wan-Long Shang, award-winning author of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
Junie Kim just wants to fit in. So she keeps her head down and tries not to draw attention to herself. But when racist graffiti appears at her middle school, Junie must decide between staying silent or speaking out.
Then Junie’s history teacher assigns a project and Junie decides to interview her grandparents, learning about their unbelievable experiences as kids during the Korean War. Junie comes to admire her grandma’s fierce determination to overcome impossible odds, and her grandpa’s unwavering compassion during wartime. And as racism becomes more pervasive at school, Junie taps into the strength of her ancestors and finds the courage to do what is right.
Finding Junie Kim is a reminder that within all of us lies the power to overcome hardship and emerge triumphant.
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A Good Kind of Trouble
- By: Lisa Moore Ramee
- Narrator: Imani Parks
- Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: March 12, 2019
- Language: English
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4.27(5297 ratings)
4.27(5297 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDFrom debut author Lisa Moore Ramee comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renee WatsonFrom debut author Lisa Moore Ramee comes this funny and big-hearted debut middle grade novel about friendship, family, and standing up for what’s right, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give and the novels of Renee Watson and Jason Reynolds.
Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)
But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what?
Shay’s sister, Hana, is involved in Black Lives Matter, but Shay doesn’t think that’s for her. After experiencing a powerful protest, though, Shay decides some rules are worth breaking. She starts wearing an armband to school in support of the Black Lives movement. Soon everyone is taking sides. And she is given an ultimatum.
Shay is scared to do the wrong thing (and even more scared to do the right thing), but if she doesn’t face her fear, she’ll be forever tripping over the next hurdle. Now that’s trouble, for real.
“Tensions are high over the trial of a police officer who shot an unarmed Black man. When the officer is set free, and Shay goes with her family to a silent protest, she starts to see that some trouble is worth making.” (Publishers Weekly, “An Anti-Racist Children’s and YA Reading List”)
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Katt vs. Dogg
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: James Patterson
- Length: 4 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 01, 2019
- Language: English
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4.24(377 ratings)
4.24(377 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.98 USDFor anyone who loves cats, dogs (or both!), James Patterson’s most pawsome story ever is set in a society defined by the oldest rivalry in the world: katts versus doggs! Oscar is a happy dogg—a rambunctious kid who loves being a Dogg... Read moreFor anyone who loves cats, dogs (or both!), James Patterson’s most pawsome story ever is set in a society defined by the oldest rivalry in the world: katts versus doggs!
Oscar is a happy dogg—a rambunctious kid who loves being a Dogg Scout. Thanks to his family, he knows that snobby katts are good for nothing but chasing up trees.Molly is a clever katt who just knows she’s destined for fame and fortune as an actress. She comes from a family of well-bred katts who despise drooly, disgusting doggs!
For their whole lives, Oscar and Molly have been told that katts and dogs hate each other. One day, they each get hopelessly lost in the woods, but those lifelong prejudices flare up when they cross paths. Slowly, they realize that the only way to survive and find their way home is to…work together?!
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Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero
- By: Saadia Faruqi
- Narrator: Vikas Adam
- Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Quill Tree Books
- Publish date: September 07, 2021
- Language: English
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4.23(803 ratings)
4.23(803 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDAt a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson–or anyoneAt a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson–or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still affects us today.
Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas–and nearly that long waiting for the chance to participate in the regional robotics competition, which he just knows he can win.
Only, this year is going to be more difficult than he thought. Because this year is the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an anniversary that has everyone in his Muslim community on edge.
With “Never Forget” banners everywhere and a hostile group of townspeople protesting the new mosque, Yusuf realizes that the country’s anger from two decades ago hasn’t gone away. Can he hold onto his joy–and his friendships–in the face of heartache and prejudice?
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One Bee Too Many
- By: Andres Pi Andreu
- Length: 6 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 11, 2021
- Language: English
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4.17(14 ratings)
4.17(14 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDA Charming Fable about Bees and Belonging In the tradition of timeless fables, children and adults alike will enjoy this poetic story. A clever tale with a completely satisfying ending, One Bee Too Many explores delicate topics, including prejudiceA Charming Fable about Bees and Belonging
In the tradition of timeless fables, children and adults alike will enjoy this poetic story. A clever tale with a completely satisfying ending, One Bee Too Many explores delicate topics, including prejudice and tolerance.
A contemporary fable about tolerance and equality for kids. There is a great commotion in the beehive. The bees are cramped, they can’t play games, and after many complex calculations, it seems there is one bee too many! Who was it?
Was she eating their honey? Could they identify her buzz? And once they did, what would they do with her? An essential in any shelf of diversity and inclusion books for kids, this engaging story offers a profound lesson that is sure to stay
with you long after reading it.For fans of award-winning children’s books. Touching on present day issues, One Bee Too Many is an essential kids book about racism, immigration, and discrimination. Originally published in Spanish, it has won prestigious awards such
as the White Ravens List, Golden Medal of the Campoy-Ada Award, and USA National Children Literature Award.If you’re looking for fables children will enjoy, children’s books on bullying, kids’ books about equality, or picture books on kindness–or enjoyed the Strictly No Elephants book, Island Born, or The Big Umbrella–then your child will love One Bee Too Many.
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The Other Half of Happy
- By: Rebecca Balcarcel
- Length: 8 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: August 20, 2019
- Language: English
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4.16(646 ratings)
4.16(646 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDThis immersive and beautifully written novel follows the story of Quijana, a girl in pieces. Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole. This is a heartfelt poetic portrayal ofThis immersive and beautifully written novel follows the story of Quijana, a girl in pieces.
Quijana must figure out which parts of herself are most important, and which pieces come together to make her whole.
This is a heartfelt poetic portrayal of a girl growing up, fitting in, and learning what it means to belong.
* Lyrical middle grade debut from author Rebecca Balcarcel
* A diverse and family-centered story that resonates with anyone who remembers, or is going through, growing pains
* Inclusively embraces real life experiences with biracial, autistic, and gay charactersOne-half Guatemalan, one-half American: When Quijana’s Guatemalan cousins move to town, her dad seems ashamed that she doesn’t know more about her family’s heritage.
One-half crush, one-half buddy: When Quijana meets Zuri and Jayden, she knows she’s found true friends. But she can’t help the growing feelings she has for Jayden.
One-half kid, one-half grown-up: Quijana spends her nights Skyping with her ailing grandma and trying to figure out what’s going on with her increasingly hard-to-reach brother.
* A wonderful gift for bilingual and bicultural readers, introspective tweens and teens, and parents and educators
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* Perfect for those who love the heart of Matt de la Pena, the honesty of Meg Medina, and the poetry of Kate DiCamillo
* Add it to the shelf with books like We Were Here by Matt de la Pena, Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina, and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez -
The Hundred Dresses
- By: Eleanor Estes
- Narrator: Eleanor Estes
- Length: 56 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 02, 2008
- Language: English
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4.1(35014 ratings)
4.1(35014 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.008.99 USDWanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes – until theyWanda Petronski is different from all the other girls in Room 13. Every day she wears the same faded blue dress to school, and every day she tells about her hundred dresses at home. Her classmates joke about her imaginary clothes – until they learn the wonderful secret of the dresses.
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Stella by Starlight
- By: Sharon M. Draper
- Narrator: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 6 hours 46 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
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4.1(12815 ratings)
4.1(12815 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USD2016 Audie Award Finalist for Middle GradeSharon M. Draper presents “storytelling at its finest” (School Library Journal, starred review) in this New York Times bestselling Depression-era novel about a young girl who must learn to be2016 Audie Award Finalist for Middle Grade
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Sharon M. Draper presents “storytelling at its finest” (School Library Journal, starred review) in this New York Times bestselling Depression-era novel about a young girl who must learn to be brave in the face of violent prejudice when the Ku Klux Klan reappears in her segregated southern town.
Stella lives in the segregated South–in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can’t. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn’t bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they’re never supposed to see, something that is the first flicker of change to come, unwelcome change by any stretch of the imagination. As Stella’s community–her world–is upended, she decides to fight fire with fire. And she learns that ashes don’t necessarily signify an end. -
The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas
- By: Kimberly Willis Holt
- Narrator: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: January 12, 2021
- Language: English
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4.07(239 ratings)
4.07(239 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDKimberly Willis Holt’s The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby’s life-changing summer with ZacharyKimberly Willis Holt’s The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town.
Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby’s life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby’s daughter Rylee is at a crossroads–her best friend Twig has started pushing her away just as Joe, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Joe and learns that Joe’s father was a first responder on 9/11. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee’s father almost thirty years later.
This beautiful middle grade novel is a tribute to friendships–old and new–and explores the challenges of rebuilding what may seem lost or destroyed.
Christy Ottaviano Books
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
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Refugee 87
- By: Ele Fountain
- Narrator: Damian Lynch
- Length: 4 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 04, 2019
- Language: English
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4.07(318 ratings)
4.07(318 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.98 USDA young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival.Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country’s regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe... Read moreA young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival.Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country’s regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe and loved in the home he shares with his mother and little sister, right next door to his best friend. But the day that soldiers arrive at his door, Shif knows that he will never be safe again — his only choice is to run. Facing both unthinkable cruelty and boundless kindness, Shif bravely makes his way towards a future he can barely imagine.Based on real experiences and written in spare, powerful prose, this gripping debut illustrates the realities faced by countless young refugees across the world today. Refugee 87 is a story of friendship, kindness, hardship, survival, and — above all — hope. -
Something to Say
- By: Lisa Moore Ramee
- Narrator: Sisi A. Johnson
- Length: 6 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray
- Publish date: July 14, 2020
- Language: English
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4.04(655 ratings)
4.04(655 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDFrom the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgettable story about finding your voice–and finding your people. Perfect for fans of Sharon Draper, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds. Eleven-year-oldFrom the author of A Good Kind of Trouble, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, comes another unforgettable story about finding your voice–and finding your people. Perfect for fans of Sharon Draper, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds.
Eleven-year-old Jenae doesn’t have any friends–and she’s just fine with that. She’s so good at being invisible in school, it’s almost like she has a superpower, like her idol, Astrid Dane. At home, Jenae has plenty of company, like her no-nonsense mama; her older brother, Malcolm, who is home from college after a basketball injury; and her beloved grandpa, Gee.
Then a new student shows up at school–a boy named Aubrey with fiery red hair and a smile that won’t quit. Jenae can’t figure out why he keeps popping up everywhere she goes. The more she tries to push him away, the more he seems determined to be her friend. Despite herself, Jenae starts getting used to having him around.
But when the two are paired up for a class debate about the proposed name change for their school, Jenae knows this new friendship has an expiration date. Aubrey is desperate to win and earn a coveted spot on the debate team.
There’s just one problem: Jenae would do almost anything to avoid speaking up in front of an audience–including risking the first real friendship she’s ever had.
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Dawn Raid
- By: Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
- Narrator: Tameka Sowman Vahatau
- Length: 3 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 18, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(345 ratings)
4.04(345 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDSofia is like most twelve-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and herSofia is like most twelve-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, overstayers, and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia’s diary entries, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.
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No Vacancy
- By: Tziporah Cohen
- Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4(450 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USDWhen her parents decide to buy and move into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York, it’s not exactly eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream. She misses her familiar routine and life in Manhattan, especially Shabbat dinnersWhen her parents decide to buy and move into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in
upstate New York, it’s not exactly eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream. She
misses her familiar routine and life in Manhattan, especially Shabbat dinners with
friends and family.It turns out that running a motel is a lot of hard work, but it’s also a bit of an
adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door,
and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel’s housekeeper, and Father
Donovan, the local priest.But when it becomes clear that only a miracle is going to save the Jewel from
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Maximillian Fly
- By: Angie Sage
- Narrator: Sean Welsh Brown
- Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
- Publish date: June 11, 2019
- Language: English
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4(358 ratings)
4(358 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDThe bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly–a human with cockroach features–whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escapeThe bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series, Angie Sage, delivers a gripping and darkly humorous tale of Maximillian Fly–a human with cockroach features–whose quiet life is upended when he aids two human children in their escape from an oppressive governing power.
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Adam Gidwitz.
Maximillian Fly wants no trouble. Yet because he stands at six feet two, with beautiful indigo wings, long antennae, and more arms than you or me, many are frightened of him.
He is a gentle creature who looks like a giant cockroach. This extraordinary human wants to prove his goodness, so he opens his door to two SilverSeed children in search of a place to hide.
Instantly, Maximillian’s quiet, solitary life changes. There are dangerous powers after them and they have eyes everywhere. But in this gray city of Hope trapped under the Orb, is escape even possible?
Maximillian Fly is a masterful story brimming with suspense, plot twists, and phenomenal world building. This compelling novel delves into family dynamics and themes of prejudice, making the case for tolerance, empathy, and understanding.
* Junior Library Guild Selection * Kids’ Indie Next List * New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Selection * 2020 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Book: The Eleanor Cameron Notable Middle Grade Books List *
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Buried Heart
- By: Kate Elliott
- Narrator: Georgia Dolenz
- Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 25, 2017
- Language: English
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3.99(1673 ratings)
3.99(1673 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe heart-pounding finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series–now available in paperback! Choose between your parents. Choose between your friends. Choose between yourThe heart-pounding finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series–now available in paperback!
Choose between your parents.
Choose between your friends.
Choose between your lovers.
Choose who you are.On the run from the murderous King Nikonos, Jessamy must find a way for her beloved Kalliarkos to take his rightful place on the throne. Only then can he end the oppression of the Commoners by their long time Patron overlords. But Kal’s rise to power is fraught with manipulation and shocking decisions that make Jes question everything they promised each other. As their relationship frays and Jes’s family and friends beg her for help, will she cast Kal and her Patron heritage aside? Will she finally join–even lead–the rebellion that had been burning among the Commoners for years?
This explosive finale of World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s Court of Five series forces Jessamy to confront an inescapable truth: with or without her, the revolution has begun.
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Poisoned Blade
- By: Kate Elliott
- Narrator: Georgia Dolenz
- Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: August 16, 2016
- Language: English
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3.98(1532 ratings)
3.98(1532 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDIn this thrilling sequel to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s bestselling young adult debut Court of Fives, a girl immersed in a high-stakes competition holds the fate of a kingdom in her hands. Jessamy is moving up the ranks of theIn this thrilling sequel to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s bestselling young adult debut Court of Fives, a girl immersed in a high-stakes competition holds the fate of a kingdom in her hands.
Jessamy is moving up the ranks of the Fives–the complex athletic contest favored by the lowliest Commoners and the loftiest Patrons in her embattled kingdom. Pitted against far more formidable adversaries, success is Jes’s only option, as her prize money is essential to keeping her hidden family alive. She leaps at the change to tour the countryside and face more competitors, but then a fatal attack on her traveling party puts Jes at the center of the war that Lord Kalliarkos–the prince she still loves–is fighting against their country’s enemies. With a sinister overlord watching her every move and Kal’s life on the line, Jes must now become more than a Fives champion….She must become a warrior.
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How High the Moon
- By: Karyn Parsons
- Narrator: Karyn Parsons
- Length: 6 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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3.98(965 ratings)
3.98(965 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDTo Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer in this powerful, bittersweet debut about one girl’s journey to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father in the tumultuous times of the Jim Crow South.“Timely,To Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer in this powerful, bittersweet debut about one girl’s journey to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father in the tumultuous times of the Jim Crow South.... Read more“Timely, captivating, and lovely. So glad this book is in the world.” –Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl DreamingIn the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina, in 1944, 12-year-old Ella spends her days fishing and running around with her best friend Henry and cousin Myrna. But life is not always so sunny for Ella, who gets bullied for her light skin tone, and whose mother is away pursuing a jazz singer dream in Boston.So Ella is ecstatic when her mother invites her to visit for Christmas. Little does she expect the truths she will discover about her mother, the father she never knew and her family’s most unlikely history.
And after a life-changing month, she returns South and is shocked by the news that her schoolmate George has been arrested for the murder of two local white girls.
Bittersweet and eye-opening, How High the Moon is a timeless novel about a girl finding herself in a world all but determined to hold her down.
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Stumptown Kid
- By: Carol Gorman
- Narrator: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.97(286 ratings)
3.97(286 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDTwelve-year-old Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can’t get: to make the local baseball team and to have life return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War. When Charlie meets Luther Peale, a strangerTwelve-year-old Charlie Nebraska wants two things he can’t get: to make the local baseball team and to have life return to the way it was before his father died two years earlier in the Korean War.
When Charlie meets Luther Peale, a stranger who quietly and mysteriously arrives in Charlie’s small Iowa town, the two strike up a friendship. Luther is a former Negro Baseball League player, and he agrees to coach Charlie’s fledgling neighborhood baseball team.
But many of the town’s white residents are suspicious of Luther because of his skin color. And when Charlie inadvertently reveals a secret of Luther’s, violence erupts in the town, and both Luther and Charlie are drawn into serious danger.
Authors Carol Gorman and Ron J. Findley have created two highly memorable, emotionally complex characters in this dramatic story set in the days of the Negro Leagues that illustrates the meanings of friendship, prejudice, and heroism.
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Boy21
- By: Matthew Quick
- Narrator: Ben Lukens
- Length: 5 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: June 10, 2014
- Language: English
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3.96(6508 ratings)
3.96(6508 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.98 USDYou can lose yourself in repetition–quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, andYou can lose yourself in repetition–quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.
Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He’s always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes everything seem okay.
Russ has just moved to the neighborhood, and the life of this teen basketball phenom has been turned upside down by tragedy. Cut off from everyone he knows, he won’t pick up a basketball, but answers only to the name Boy21–taken from his former jersey number.
As their final year of high school brings these two boys together, a unique friendship may turn out to be the answer they both need.
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The Red Pencil
- By: Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Narrator: Shane W. Evans
- Length: 3 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 16, 2014
- Language: English
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3.91(6158 ratings)
3.91(6158 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.98 USD“Amira, look at me,” Muma insists.She collects both my hands in hers.“The Janjaweed attack without warning.If ever they come— run.”Finally, Amira is twelve. Old enough to wear a toob, old enough for new... Read more“Amira, look at me,” Muma insists.She collects both my hands in hers.“The Janjaweed attack without warning.If ever they come— run.”Finally, Amira is twelve. Old enough to wear a toob, old enough for new responsibilities. And maybe old enough to go to school in Nyala— Amira’s one true dream.But life in her peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when the Janjaweed arrive. The terrifying attackers ravage the town and unleash unspeakable horrors. After she loses nearly everything, Amira needs to dig deep within herself to find the strength to make the long journey— on foot— to safety at a refugee camp. Her days are tough at the camp, until the gift of a simple red pencil opens her mind— and all kinds of possibilities.New York Times bestselling and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney’s powerful verse and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Shane W. Evans’s breathtaking illustrations combine to tell an inspiring tale of one girl’s triumph against all odds. -
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
- By: Bette Bao Lord
- Narrator: Melissa Hughes
- Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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3.87(5928 ratings)
3.87(5928 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.95 USDIn 1947, the Year of the Boar, Sixth Cousin, also known as Bandit, leaves China with her parents for a new beginning in America. Proud of the American name that she chose herself, Shirley Temple Wong is optimistic that her new home will be the landIn 1947, the Year of the Boar, Sixth Cousin, also known as Bandit, leaves China with her parents for a new beginning in America. Proud of the American name that she chose herself, Shirley Temple Wong is optimistic that her new home will be the land of many opportunities. But it’s harder than she expected. She doesn’t speak English, the kids at school ignore her, and she feels very far from home. But then summer comes, bringing the miracle of baseball. Soon Shirley is the biggest Brooklyn Dodgers fan of all, listening to the radio to hear the triumphs and heartbreaks of the team and her hero, Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson proves that in America, the grandson of a slave can make a difference. And for Shirley as well, on the ball field and off, America becomes the land of opportunity.
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