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Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Felix Ever After Callender, Kacen
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 to-read, 2020-21-22-public..., awarded, lgbtq-ya, stonewall-yalsa, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/26 view activity »
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team: Soontornvat, Christina *
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 to-read, 2020-21-22-public..., aapi-non-fiction, awarded, newbery-medal, sibert-non-fictio...     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/26 view activity »
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga This Mournable Body Dangarembga, Tsitsi
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 read, 2020-21-22-public..., adult-hs-fiction, awarded, feminism, historical     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/12 view activity »
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga Nervous Conditions Dangarembga, Tsitsi
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 read, adult-hs-fiction, awarded, feminism, historical     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/12 view activity »
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Beals, Melba Pattillo
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 read, adult-hs-non-fiction, awarded, biography-memoir, educators-activis..., historical, ya-non-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram Darius the Great Deserves Better (Darius the Great, #2) Khorram, Adib *
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 to-read, 2020-21-22-public..., awarded, inclusion-mental-..., lgbtq-ya, middle-east, stonewall-yalsa, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1) Khorram, Adib *
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 read, 2017-2019-publica..., awarded, inclusion-mental-..., lgbtq-ya, middle-east, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
There There by Tommy Orange There There Orange, Tommy *
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 read, 2017-2019-publica..., adult-hs-fiction, awarded, indigenous-us-fic..., national-book-award     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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 to-read, adult-hs-non-fiction, awarded, biography-memoir     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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 to-read, 2017-2019-publica..., adult-hs-non-fiction, andrew-carnegie-a..., awarded     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Water Dancer Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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 read, 2017-2019-publica..., adult-hs-fiction, awarded     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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 read, adult-hs-non-fiction, alex-award, awarded, national-book-award     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/10 view activity »
Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper Copper Sun Draper, Sharon M. *
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 to-read, awarded, coretta-scott-kin..., historical, mg-fiction, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/05 view activity »
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Out of My Mind (Out of My Mind, #1) Draper, Sharon M. *
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 to-read, awarded, inclusion-mental-..., mg-fiction, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/05 view activity »
Sweetest Kulu by Celina Kalluk Sweetest Kulu Kalluk, Celina
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 read, awarded, indigenous-us-pic..., music, picture-book     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/03 view activity »
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say Grandfather's Journey Say, Allen
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 read, awarded, caldecott, historical, migration-stories, picture-book     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/03 view activity »
This Is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration Woodson, Jacqueline *
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 read, awarded, historical, migration-stories, picture-book     Karen Michele Burns 2021/01/03 view activity »
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Kendi, Ibram X. *
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 to-read, adult-hs-non-fiction, awarded, educators-activis..., historical, national-book-award     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/29 view activity »
X by Ilyasah Shabazz X Shabazz, Ilyasah
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 to-read, awarded, coretta-scott-kin..., historical, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại Butterfly Yellow Lại, Thanhhà *
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 to-read, 2017-2019-publica..., aapi-ya-fiction, awarded, migration-stories, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại Listen, Slowly Lại, Thanhhà *
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 to-read, aapi-ya-fiction, awarded, mg-fiction, migration-stories     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại Inside Out & Back Again Lại, Thanhhà *
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 read, aapi-ya-fiction, awarded, mg-fiction, migration-stories, national-book-award, newbery-medal     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Hudson, Wade
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 to-read, 2017-2019-publica..., awarded, mg-non-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Zoboi, Ibi *
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 to-read, 2017-2019-publica..., awarded, lgbtq-ya, short-stories, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia Gone Crazy in Alabama (Gaither Sisters, #3) Williams-Garcia, Rita
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 to-read, awarded, coretta-scott-kin..., mg-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia P.S. Be Eleven (Gaither Sisters, #2) Williams-Garcia, Rita
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 to-read, awarded, coretta-scott-kin..., mg-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) Williams-Garcia, Rita
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 to-read, awarded, coretta-scott-kin..., mg-fiction, newbery-medal     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina Mango, Abuela, and Me Medina, Meg *
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 to-read, awarded, latinx-picture-book, picture-book, pura-belpre-award     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina Burn Baby Burn Medina, Meg *
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 to-read, awarded, historical, kirkus-prize, latinx-ya-fiction, national-book-award, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »
The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye The Turtle of Oman Nye, Naomi Shihab
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
 to-read, arab-american-boo..., awarded, mg-fiction, middle-east, migration-stories, ya-fiction     Karen Michele Burns 2020/12/27 view activity »


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