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Just Like That
age 11+
Warm boarding school grief tale has some gory violence.
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Gary D. Schmidt
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2021
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How to Be a Girl in the World
age 11+
Engaging coming-of-ager tackles sexual harassment of tween.
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Caela Carter
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2020
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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
age 11+
Empowering activist guide to defying and disrupting racism.
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Tiffany Jewell
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2020
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We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World
age 11+
Inspirational must-read about the power of nonviolence.
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Todd Hasak-Lowy
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2020
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Antiracist Baby
age 2+
Meaningful how-to for raising equity-conscious kids.
By
Ibram X. Kendi
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2020
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Parked
age 11+
Poverty, being unhoused explored in hopeful tale.
By
Danielle Svetcov
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2020
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1919 The Year That Changed America
age 11+
Riveting tale of racial, labor protests, women's vote, more.
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Martin W. Sandler
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2019
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March Forward Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
age 11+
Must-read memoir of a childhood in the segregated South.
By
Melba Pattillo Beals
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2018
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
age 11+
Little-known disaster gets overdue, in-depth treatment.
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Steve Sheinkin
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2014
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One Crazy Summer
age 11+
A gem, with strong girl characters, '60s black history.
By
Rita Williams-Garcia
(
2010
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I Have a Dream
age 11+
A treasured speech seen in a vibrant new light.
By
Martin Luther King
(
1997
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