Fiction - Social Themes

2022 Pura Belpré Honor Book NYPL Best Book of 2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection NPR Best Book of 2021 Based on a true story, the tale...

Growing up on the rough streets of Newark, New Jersey, Rameck, George, and Sampson could easily have followed their childhood friends into drug dea...

WINNER, MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARDWINNER, CHRISTOPHER AWARDWINNER, MIDDLE EAST BOOK AWARDWALTER AWARD HONOR National BestsellerNPR Best of the YearNew...

Basado en una historia real, este es el intrépido y arriesgado viaje de una niña que va rumbo a cruzar la frontera hacia los Estados Unidos para ...

In her first book for children, two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan shares scenes from her childhood as she learns how to work hard, to beli...

Meet your favorite Sesame Street friends in this adorable photographic book Learn all about Cookie Monster in a new Sesame Street board book illus...

Meet your favorite Sesame Street friends in this adorable photographic board book Learn all about Elmo in a new Sesame Street board book illustrat...

A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator teamTomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow t...

The bestselling book now featuring revised content and new illustrations! The Kid Who Changed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, who wo...

When Charles schedules a playdate with his friends Lucius and Robert, they have no idea they're about to travel back in time to Gee's Bend, Alabama...

Set before and during the days of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Say No to Despair, part of the new They Said No series of histories, is a compelling ...

In the finale to the acclaimed trilogy, upheaval in Zora Neale Hurston's family and hometown persuade her to leave childhood behind and find her de...

A 2019 Edgar Award NomineeA powerful fictionalized account of Zora Neale Hurston's childhood adventures explores the idea of collective memory and ...

In this engaging and inspiring biography, a groundbreaking but relatively unknown woman finally gets her due as one of the most influential mathema...

When the little girl arrives at her new home, the guard at the border takes away a little piece of her name. Then the teacher at her new school tak...

"You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever?"Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game...

* "Wonderfully telling scenes evoke the time, the place, and--more subtly--the deep-running emotions that these people, bound by customs and besieg...

Notes From Your BooksellerEverything Sad Is Untrue is a story about stories, based on the author’s own life. Daniel (in the book) expertly weaves...

With his dreams set on the NBA, CJ must now prepare for his biggest basketball game thus far From pep talks to lucky socks, when the final buzzer ...

"'Words are powerful, ' Grandma told Justice. 'They can be used in powerful ways to do good or to do harm. That's why it's important to always be c...