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2021 NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES
TRADE BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Please note that this is a preview of the 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books list. The final list will be
published by NCSS in the May-June 2021 issue of Social Education, and include annotations for each title,
illustrations, and connections to the National Standards for Social Studies.
KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE
All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything.
Annette Bay Pimentel. Foreword Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins. Illus. Nabi H. Ali. 32pp. ISBN 9781492688976.
Sourcebooks Explore. K-2
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story. Aya Khalil. Illus. Anait Semirdzhyan. 36pp. ISBN 9780884487548.
Tilbury House. K-2
Black is a Rainbow Color. Angela Joy. Illus. Ekua Holmes. 40pp. ISBN 9781626726314. Macmillan
Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. K-2
Can Bears Ski?. Raymond Antrobus. Illus. Polly Dunbar. 40pp. ISBN 9781536212662. Candlewick Press. K-2
Come Out and Play: A Global Journey. Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko. 32pp. ISBN 9781623541637.
Charlesbridge. K-2
Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet. Nanette Heffernan. Illus. Bao Luu. 32pp.
ISBN 9781580899420. Charlesbridge. K-2. K-2
Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America. Deborah Diesen. Illus. Magdalena Mora. 48pp.
ISBN 9781534439580. Simon & Schuster / Beach Lane Books. K-2
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away. Meg Medina. Illus. Sonia Sánchez. 32pp. ISBN 9781536207040.
Candlewick Press. K-2
Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight. Karyn Parsons. Illus. R. Gregory Christie. 48pp.
ISBN 9780316457194. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. K-2
Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers. Laura Renauld. Illus. Brigette Barrager. 40pp.
ISBN 9781534441224. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-2
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood. Tony Hillery. Illus. Jessie Hartland.
40pp. ISBN 9781534402317. Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books. K-2
The Heart of Mi Familia. Carrie Lara. Illus. Christine Battuz. I 32pp. SBN 9781433832536. Magination
Press. K-2
Hot Pot Night!. Written and Illustrated by Vincent Chen. 40pp. ISBN 9781623541200. Charlesbridge. K-2
I Want to Ride the Tap Tap. Danielle Joseph. Illus. Olivier Ganthier. 40pp. ISBN 9780374312145.
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR. K-2
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If Dominican Were a Color. Sili Recio. Illus. Brianna McCarthy. 32pp. ISBN 9781534461796. Simon &
Schuster / Denene Millner Books. K-2
Just Like a Mama. Alice Faye Duncan. lllus. Charnelle Pinkney Barlow. 40pp. ISBN 9781534461833.
Simon & Schuster / Denene Millner Books. K-2
Love Your Body: Your body can do amazing things…. Jessica Sanders. lllus. Carol Rossetti. 40pp.
ISBN 9780711252424. Quarto Group / Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. K-2
Lulu the One and Only. Lynnette Mawhinney. lllus. Jennie Poh. 32pp. ISBN 9781433831591. Magination
Press. K-2
Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration. Samara Cole Doyon. lllus. Kaylani Juanita. 32pp.
ISBN 9780884487975. Tilbury House. K-2
Nana Akua Goes to School. Tricia Elam Walker. lllus. April Harrison. 40pp. ISBN 9780525581130.
Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-2
Ohana Means Family. Ilima Loomis. lllus. Kenard Pak. 40pp. ISBN 9780823443260. Holiday House /
Neal Porter Books. K-2
One Boy’s Choice: A Tale of the Amazon. Sueli Menezes. lllus. Anika Siems. 32pp.
ISBN 9781662650031. minedition / Astra House. K-2
One Little Lot: The 1-2-3s of an Urban Garden. Diane C. Mullen. lllus. Oriol Vidal. 32pp.
ISBN 9781580898898. Charlesbridge. K-2
The One with the Scraggly Beard. Elizabeth Withey. lllus. Lynn Scurfield. 32pp. ISBN 9781459818552.
Orca Book Publishers. K-2
Papa, Daddy, and Riley. Seamus Kirst. lllus. Devon Holzwarth. 32pp. ISBN 9781433832390. Magination
Press. K-2
The Paper Kingdom. Helena Ku Rhee. lllus. Pascal Campion. 40pp. ISBN 9780525644613.
Random House Children’s Books / Random House BFYR. K-2
The Power of One: Every Act of Kindness Counts. Trudy Ludwig. lllus. Mike Curato. 40pp.
ISBN 9781524771584. Random House Children’s Books / Alfred A. Knopf BFYR. K-2
Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. Carole Boston Weatherford. lllus. Frank Morrison. 48pp.
ISBN 9781534452282. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-2
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver. Gene Barretta. lllus. Frank Morrison. 40pp.
ISBN 9780062430151. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Katherine Tegen Books. K-2
Sometimes People March. Written and Illustrated by Tessa Allen. 32pp. ISBN 9780062991188.
HarperCollins Children’s Books / Balzer + Bray. K-2
Stand up! Speak Up!: A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution. Andrew Joyner. 40pp.
ISBN 9780593301586. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-2
Teatime Around the World. Denyse Waissbluth. lllus. Chelsea O’Byrne. 48pp. ISBN 9781771646017.
Greystone Kids. K-2
V is for Voting. Kate Farrell. lllus. Caitlin Kuhwald. 40pp. ISBN 9781250231253. Macmillan Children’s
Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. K-2
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We Are Water Protectors. Carole Lindstrom. lllus. Michaela Goade. 40pp. ISBN 9781250203557.
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. K-2
When We Are Kind. Monique Gray Smith. lllus. Nicole Neidhardt. 32pp. ISBN 9781459825222. Orca
Book Publishers. K-2
You Matter. Written and Illustrated by Christian Robinson. 40pp. ISBN 9781534421691. Simon & Schuster
/ Atheneum BFYR. K-2
Your Name is a Song. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. lllus. Luisa Uribe. 40pp. ISBN 9781943147724. The
Innovation Press. K-2
A World Together. Sonia Manzano. 32pp. ISBN 9781426337383. National Geographic Children’s Books. K-2
Art Is Life: The Life of Artist Keith Haring. Tami Lewis Brown. lllus. Keith Negley. 48pp.
ISBN 9780374304249. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR. K-12
Be Amazing: A History of Pride. Desmond is Amazing (Desmond Napoles). lllus. Dylan Glynn. 40pp.
ISBN 9780374312589. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR. K-12
Birrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia. Andrew Kelly and Aunty Joy Murphy. lllus. Lisa
Kennedy. 40pp. ISBN 9781536209426. Candlewick Press. K-5
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built. Angela Burke Kunkel. lllus. Paola
Escobar. 40pp. ISBN 9781984892638. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist. Linda Skeers.
lllus. Marta Álvarez Miguéns. 40pp. ISBN 9781728209517. Sourcebooks Explore. K-5
Fighting Infantryman, The: The Story of Albert D. J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier. Rob
Sanders. lllus. Nabi H. Ali. 48pp. ISBN 9781499809367. Little Bee Books. K-5
Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany. Kristen Fulton. lllus. Torben
Kuhlmann. 56pp. ISBN 9781452149608. Chronicle Books. K-5
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice. Nikki Grimes. lllus. Laura Freeman. 40pp. ISBN 9781534462670.
Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-5
Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues. Leah Henderson. lllus. George
Doutsiopoulos. 32pp. ISBN 9781684460236. Capstone Editions. K-5
Migrants. Written and Illustrated by Issa Watanabe. 40pp. ISBN 9781776573134. Gecko Press. K-8
Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade. Lyla Lee. lllus. Dung Ho. 96pp. ISBN 9781534440104. Simon
& Schuster / Aladdin. K-5
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read. Rita Lorraine Hubbard. lllus. Oge Mora. 40pp.
ISBN 9781524768287. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5
Oscar’s American Dream. Barry Wittenstein. lllus. Kristen Howdeshell and Kevin Howdeshell. 36pp.
ISBN 9780525707691. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5
Ritu Weds Chandni. Written and Illustrated by Ameya Narvankar. 36pp. ISBN 9781949528947. Yali
Books. K-8
Speak Up. Miranda Paul. lllus. Ebony Glenn. 40pp. ISBN 9780358140962. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt /
Clarion Books. K-12
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Wherever I Go. Mary Wagley Copp. lllus. Munir D. Mohammed. 24pp. ISBN 9781534419193. Simon &
Schuster / Atheneum Books for Young Readers. K-5
THIRD TO FIFTH GRADE
Act. Kayla Miller. 224pp. ISBN 9780358206354. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / HMH Books for Young
Readers. 3-5
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team. Christina Soontornvat. 288pp.
ISBN 9781536209457. Candlewick Press. 3-5
Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring. Nancy Churnin. lllus. Felicia Marshall.
32pp. ISBN 9781939547651. Creston Books. 3-5
Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire. Michael O. Tunnell. 144pp.
ISBN 9781580897891. Charlesbridge. 3-5
Erosion: How Hugh Bennett Saved America’s Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl. Darcy Pattison. lllus. Peter
Willis. 34pp. ISBN 9781629441498. Mims House. 3-5
Farmers Unite!: Planting a Protest for Fair Prices. Lindsey Metcalf. 64pp. ISBN 9781684379088. Boyds Mills
& Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
History Smashers: The Mayflower. Kate Messner. lllus. Dylan Meconis. 224pp. ISBN 9780593120316.
Random House Children’s Books / Random House BFYR. 3-5
Interactive Constitution, The: Explore the Constitution with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and
more!. David Miles. lllus. Albert Pinilla. 16pp. ISBN 9781733633529. Bushel & Peck Books. 3-5
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero. Kelly J. Baptist. 208pp. ISBN 9780593121368. Random House Children’s
Books / Crown BFYR. 3-5
Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights. Beth Anderson. lllus. E.B. Lewis.
32pp. ISBN 9781629799391. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Lost Cities. Giles Laroche. 40pp. ISBN 9781328753649. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / HMH Books for
Young Readers. 3-5
Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield. Susan Goldman Rubin. lllus. Richie Pope. 48pp.
ISBN 9780763679941. Candlewick Press. 3-5
Mei Ling in China City: Divided by War, United by a Lifeline of Letters / Mei Ling en la Ciudad China:
Divididas por la guerra, unidas por toda una vida de cartas. Icy Smith. lllus. Gayle Garner Roski. 48pp.
ISBN 9780997394764. East West Discovery Press. 3-5
Most Wanted: The Revolutionary Partnership of John Hancock & Samuel Adams. Sarah Jane Marsh.
lllus. Edwin Fotheringham. 80pp. ISBN 9781368026833. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 3-5
The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America’s Presidents. Kate
Messner. lllus. Adam Rex. 48pp. ISBN 9781452174884. Chronicle Books. 3-5
No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History. Edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V.
Dawson, Jeanette Bradley. lllus. Jeanette Bradley. 40pp. ISBN 9781623541316. Charlesbridge. 3-5
The Pig War: How a Porcine Tragedy Taught England and America to Share. Emma Bland Smith.
lllus. Alison Jay. 48pp. ISBN 9781684371716. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
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The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne. Lesa Cline-Ransome.
lllus. John Parra. 48pp. ISBN 9781481462891. Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books. 3-5
Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph’s Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty. Claudia Friddell. lllus. Stacy
Innerst. 48pp. ISBN 9781684371303. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Saving Stella: A Dog’s Dramatic Escape from War. Bassel Abou Fakher and Deborah Blumenthal. lllus.
Nadine Kaadan. 40pp. ISBN 9781547601332. Bloomsbury Children’s Books. 3-5
A Small History of a Disagreement. Claudio Fuentes. lllus. Gabriela Lyon. 56pp. ISBN 9781771647076.
Greystone Kids. 3-5
Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers’ Rights. Deborah Hopkinson. lllus. Kristy Caldwell. 36pp.
ISBN 9781682631362. Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 3-5
The True West: Real Stories About Black Cowboys, Women Sharpshooters, Native American Rodeo
Stars, Pioneering Vaqueros, and the Unsung Explorers, Builders, and Heroes Who Shaped the
American West. Mifflin Lowe. lllus. Wiliam Luong. 48pp. ISBN 9781733633512. Bushel & Peck Books. 3-5
Voices of Justice: Poems about People Working for a Better World. George Ella Lyon. lllus. Jennifer M.
Potter. 48pp. ISBN 9781250263209. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. 3-5
We The People: The United States Constitution Explored and Explained. Aura Lewis and Evan Sargent.
lllus. Aura Lewis. 128pp. ISBN 9780711254046. Quarto Group / Wide Eyed Editions. 3-5
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane. Kirsten W. Larson. lllus. Tracy Subisak. 48pp.
ISBN 9781629799384. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 3-5
Prairie Lotus. Linda Sue Park. 272pp. ISBN 9781328781505. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books. 3-5
American as Paneer Pie. Supriya Kelkar. 320pp. ISBN 9781534439382. Simon & Schuster / Aladdin. 3-8
Bear and Fred: A World War II Story. Iris Argaman. Translator Annette Appel. lllus. Avi Ofer. 48pp. ISBN
9781542018210. Amazon Publishing / Amazon Crossing Kids. 3-8
Breaking Through: How Female Athletes Shattered Stereotypes in the Roaring Twenties. Sue Macy.
96pp. ISBN 9781426336768. National Geographic Children’s Books. 3-8
Cast Away: Poems for Our Time. Naomi Shihab Nye. 176pp. ISBN 9780062907691. HarperCollins
Children’s Books / Greenwillow Books. 3-12
Efrén Divided. Ernesto Cisneros. 272pp. ISBN 9780062881687. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Quill
Tree Books. 3-8
House by the Lake, The: The True Story of a House, Its History, and the Four Families Who Made It
Home. Thomas Harding. lllus. Britta Teckentrup. 48pp. ISBN 9781536212747. Candlewick Studio. 3-12
The Last Tree Town. Beth Turley. 272pp. ISBN 9781534420649. Simon & Schuster / Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers. 3-8
Marie’s Ocean: Marie Tharp Maps the Mountains Under the Sea. Written and Illustrated by Josie James.
48pp. ISBN 9781250214737. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. 3-8
A Place at the Table. Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan. 336pp. ISBN 9780358116684. Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt / Clarion Books. 3-8
Rise Up!: The Art of Protest. by Jo Rippon. 64pp. ISBN 9781623541507. Charlesbridge. 3-12
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Santiago’s Road Home. Alexandra Diaz. 336pp. ISBN 9781534446236. Simon & Schuster / Paula
Wiseman Books. 3-8
A Wish in the Dark. Christina Soontornvat. 384pp. ISBN 9781536204940. Candlewick Press. 3-8
Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice. Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Olivia Gatwood.
lllus. Theodore Taylor III. 56pp. ISBN 9781250311207. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring
Brook Press. 3-12
SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADE
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier. Jim Ottaviani. lllus. Maris Wicks. 176pp. ISBN 9781626728776.
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First Second. 6-8
Big Ideas For Young Thinkers: 20 Questions About Life and the Universe. Jamia Wilson. lllus. Andrea
Pippins. 64pp. ISBN 9780711258358. Quarto Group / Wide Eyed Editions. 6-8
BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Carole Boston Weatherford. lllus. Michele Wood. 56pp.
ISBN 9780763691561. Candlewick Press. 6-8
Displacement. Kiku Hughes. 288pp. ISBN 9781250193537. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First
Second. 6-8
Fish Out of Water. Joanne Levy. 144pp. ISBN 9781459826595.Orca Book Publishers. 6-8
History Comics: The Challenger Disaster: Tragedy in the Skies. Pranas T. Naujokaitis. 128pp.
ISBN 9781250174291. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First Second. 6-8
Mighty Justice (Young Readers’ Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson
Roundtree. Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe. 208pp. ISBN 9781250229007. Macmillan
Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. 6-8
Normal: One Kid’s Extraordinary Journey. Magdalena Newman and Nathaniel Newman. lllus. Neil
Swaab. 336pp. ISBN 9781328631831. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / HMH Books for Young Readers. 6-8
On the Horizon. Lois Lowry. lllus. Kenard Pak. 80pp. ISBN 9780358129400. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt /
HMH Books for Young Readers. 6-8
Poisoned Water: How the Citizens of Flint, Michigan, Fought for Their Lives and Warned the Nation.
Candy J. Cooper and Marc Aronson. 256pp. ISBN 9781547602322. Bloomsbury Children’s Books. 6-8
Powwow: A Celebration through Song and Dance. Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane. 88pp.
ISBN 9781459812345. Orca Book Publishers. 6-8
Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow
in the Dark. Kate Moore. 432pp. ISBN 9781728209470. Sourcebooks Explore. 6-8
A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games. Lori Alexander. lllus. Allan
Drummond. 128pp. ISBN 9781328580795. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / HMH Books for Young Readers. 6-8
Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy. Kenneth C. Davis. 272pp.
ISBN 9781250205643. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. 6-8
The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World. Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Roberts.
160pp. ISBN 9781536210330. Candlewick Press. 6-8
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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World. Todd Hasak-Lowy. 320pp.
ISBN 9781419741111. ABRAMS / Abrams Books for Young Readers. 6-8
The Woman’s Hour (Adapted for Young Readers): Our Fight for the Right to Vote. Elaine Weiss. 224pp.
ISBN 9780593125182. Random House Children’s Books / Random House BFYR. 6-8
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust. Uri Shulevitz. 336pp. ISBN 9780374313715. Macmillan Children’s
Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR. 6-12
Go With the Flow. Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann. lllus. Lily Williams. 336pp.
ISBN 9781250305725. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First Second. 6-12
Street of Storytellers. Doug Wilhelm. 230pp. ISBN 9781578690169. Rootstock Publishing. 6-12
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing. Tonya Bolden. lllus. Eric Valasquez. 128pp.
ISBN 9780062572042. HarperCollins Children’s Books. 6-12
We Are Not Free. Traci Chee. 400pp. ISBN 9780358131434. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / HMH Books for
Young Readers. 6-12
Yes No Maybe So. Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed. 448pp. ISBN 9780062937049. HarperCollins
Children’s Books / Balzer + Bray. 6-12
NINTH TO TWELFTH GRADE
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb. Roseanne
Montillo. 272pp. ISBN 9780316489591. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 9-12
Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults): The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant.
Abdi Nor Iftin. 272pp. ISBN 9781984897114. Random House Children’s Books / Delacorte BFYR. 9-12
Cat I Never Named, The: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Laura L.
Sullivan. 384pp. ISBN 9781547604531. Bloomsbury YA. 9-12
Dear Justyce. Nic Stone. 288pp. ISBN 9781984829665. Random House Children’s Books / Crown BFYR. 9-12
The Degenerates. J. Albert Mann. 288pp. ISBN 9781534419353Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. 9-12
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From. Jennifer De Leon. 336pp. ISBN 9781534438248.
Simon & Schuster / Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. 9-12
Don’t Read the Comments. Eric Smith. 368pp. ISBN 9781335016027. Harlequin Trade Publishing /
Inkyard Press. 9-12
Finding a Way Home: Mildred and Richard Loving and the Fight for Marriage Equality. Larry Dane
Brimner. 112pp. ISBN 9781629797519. Boyds Mills & Kane / Calkins Creek. 9-12
Grown. Tiffany D. Jackson. 384pp. ISBN 9780062840356. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Katherine
Tegen Books. 9-12
Heads Up: Changing Minds on Mental Health. Melanie Siebert. lllus. Belle Wuthrich. 192pp.
ISBN 9781459819115. Orca Book Publishers. 9-12
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Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights. Karen Blumenthal. 400pp.
ISBN 9781626721654. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. 9-12
No True Believers. Rabiah York Lumbard. 304pp. ISBN 9780525644255. Random House Children’s
Books / Crown BFYR. 9-12
Parachutes. Kelly Yang. 496pp. ISBN 9780062941084. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Katherine Tegen
Books. 9-12
Running. Natalia Sylvester. 336pp. ISBN 9780358124351. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Clarion Books. 9-12
Saving Savannah. Tonya Bolden. 272pp. ISBN 9781681198040. Bloomsbury YA. 9-12
Stamped: Racism Antiracism and You. Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. 320pp.
ISBN 9780316453691. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 9-12
This Is My America. Kim Johnson. 416pp. ISBN 9780593118764. Random House BFYR. 9-12
This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II. Andrew Fukuda. 384pp. ISBN 9781250192387. Tor
Teen. 9-12
Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy (World Citizen Comics). Daniel G. Newman. lllus. George
O’Connor. 288pp. ISBN 9781250295309. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First Second. 9-12
What I Carry. Jennifer Longo. 336pp. ISBN 9780553537710. Random House Children’s Books / Random
House BFYR. 9-12
When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Pow-
er to Change the World. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele, and Benee Knauer. 272pp. ISBN
9781250194985. Macmillan Publishers / Wednesday Books. 9-12
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