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Champions of Change (Spring 2020)

If These Wings Could Fly

If These Wings Could Fly

By: Kyrie McCauley

ISBN: 9780062885029

The Lizard Lady

The Lizard Lady

By: Jennifer Keats Curtis, Nicole Angeli

Illustrated by:
Veronica Jones

ISBN: 9781607180661

Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story

Bat Count

By: Anna Forrester

Illustrated by:
Susan Detwiler

ISBN: 9781628558944

b.b. free vol 1

b.b. free vol 1

By: Gabby Rivera

Illustrated by:
Royal Dunlap

ISBN: 9781684155309

Mech Cadet Yu vol 1

Mech Cadet Yu vol 1

By: Greg Pak

Illustrated by:
Takeshi Miyazawa

ISBN: 9781684151950

Midas

Midas

By: Ryan North

Illustrated by:
Braden Lamb, Shelli Paroline

ISBN: 9781684153596

Ronin Island vol 1

Ronin Island vol 1

By: Greg Pak

Illustrated by:
Giannis Milonogiannis

ISBN: 9781684154593

A Sparrow’s Roar

A Sparrow’s Roar

By: C.R. Chua, Paolo Chikiamco

Illustrated by:
C.R. Chua

ISBN: 9781684154760

New World

New World

By: David Jesus Vignolli

Illustrated by:
David Jesus Vignolli

ISBN: 9781684153985

Lizzie Demands a Seat

Lizzie Demands a Seat

By: Beth Anderson

Illustrated by:
E.B. Lewis

ISBN: 9781629799391

Buzzing With Questions

Buzzing With Questions

By: Janice N. Harrington

Illustrated by:
Theodore Taylor III

ISBN: 9781629795584

Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century

By: Barb Rosenstock

Illustrated by:
Sarah Green

ISBN: 9781629799087

Sing and Shout

Sing and Shout

By: Susan Goldman Rubin

ISBN: 9781629798578

Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop

Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop

By: Alice Faye Duncan

Illustrated by:
Gregory Christie

ISBN: 9781629797182

Accused!

Accused!

By: Larry Dane Brimner

ISBN: 9781629797755

Zora & Me

Zora & Me

By: Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon

ISBN: 9780763658144

Granddaddy’s Turn

Granddaddy’s Turn

By: Michael S. Bandy; Eric Stein

Illustrated by:
James E. Ransome

ISBN: 9781536205619

X: A Novel

X

By: Kekla Magoon; Ilyasah Shabazz

ISBN: 9780763690922

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Voice of Freedom

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrated by:
Ekua Holmes

ISBN: 9780763665319

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Schomburg

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrated by:
Eric Velasquez

ISBN: 9781536208979

Five Midnights

Five Midnights

By: Ann Davila Cardinal

ISBN: 9781250296078

Category Five

Category Five

By: Ann Davila Cardinal

ISBN: 9781250296122

A Song Below Water

A Song Below Water

By: Bethany C. Morrow

Catfishing on CatNet

Catfishing on CatNet

By: Naomi Kritzer

ISBN: 9781250165084

The Extraordinaries

The Extraordinaries

By: TJ Klune

ISBN: 9781250203656

The Infinite Noise

The Infinite Noise

By: Lauren Shippen

ISBN: 9781250297518

Dinosaur Lady

Dinosaur Lady

By: Linda Skeers

Illustrated by:
Marta Alvarez Miguens

ISBN: 9781728209517

Shark Lady

Shark Lady

By: Jess Keating

Illustrated by:
Marta Alvarez Miguens

ISBN: 9781492642046

Women Who Dared

Women Who Dared

By: Linda Skeers

Illustrated by:
Livi Gosling

ISBN: 9781492653271

Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir

My Name Is Not Isabella

My Name Is Not Isabella

By: Jennifer Fosberry

Illustrated by:
Mike Litwin

ISBN: 9781402243950

All the Way to the Top

All the Way to the Top

By: Annette Bay Pimentel

Illustrated by:
Nabi H. Ali

ISBN: 9781492688976

The Boy Who Dared

The Boy Who Dared

By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

ISBN: 9780439680141

Fiction, 7-12, Historical Fiction

You Should See Me in a Crown

You Should See Me in a Crown

By: Leah Johnson

ISBN: 9781338503265

Follow Chester: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

Follow Chester

By: Gloria Respress-Churchwell

Illustrated by:
Laura Freeman

ISBN: 9781580898355

King and the Dragonflies

King and the Dragonflies

By: Kacen Callender

ISBN: 9781338129335

Can You See Me?

Can You See Me?

By: Libby Scott, Rebecca Westcott

ISBN: 9781338608915

Front Desk

Front Desk

By: Kelly Yang

ISBN: 9781338157796

Project Animal Rescue (Alyssa Milano’s Hope #2)

Project Animal Rescue (Alyssa Milano’s Hope #2)

By: Alyssa Milano, Debbie Rigaud

Illustrated by:
Eric S. Keyes

ISBN: 9781338329414

Trailblazers: Harriet Tubman

Trailblazers

By: Sandra A. Agard

ISBN: 9780593124079

The Oldest Student

The Oldest Student

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Illustrated by:
Oge Mora

ISBN: 9781524768287

Eliza: The Story of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

Eliza

By: Margaret McNamara

Illustrated by:
Esme Shapiro

ISBN: 9781524765880

Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution.

Stonewall

By: Rob Sanders

Illustrated by:
Jamey Christoph

ISBN: 9781524719524

Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World

Noisemakers

By: Kazoo Magazine and Erin Bried

ISBN: 9780525580171

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Woman Who Changed the World

Brave. Black. First.

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson

Illustrated by:
Erin K. Robinson

ISBN: 9780525645818

Moe Berg: Spy Catcher

Moe Berg

By: Jeri Cipriano

Illustrated by:
Scott R. Brooks

ISBN: 9781634402941

A Wish in the Dark

A Wish in the Dark

By: Christina Soontornvat

ISBN: 9781536204940

Harriet Tubman: Union Spy

Harriet Tubman

By: Jeri Cipriano

Illustrated by:
Scott R. Brooks

ISBN: 9781634402842

Sojourner Truth: Fighting for Freedom

Sojourner Truth

By: Jeri Cipriano

Illustrated by:
Scott R. Brooks

ISBN: 9781634409933

Ruby Bridges: A Brave Child Who Made History

Ruby Bridges

By: Jeri Cipriano

Illustrated by:
Scott R. Brooks

ISBN: 9781634409636

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Fighter for Women’s Rights

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

By: Jeri Cipriano

Illustrated by:
Scott R. Brooks

ISBN: 9781634409872

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

By: Elizabeth Rusch

Illustrated by:
Teresa Martinez

ISBN: 9781580895811

Loony Little: The Ice Cap Is Melting

Loony Little

By: Dianna Hutts Aston

Illustrated by:
Kelly Murphy

ISBN: 9781623541170

Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Kid Activists

By: Robin Stevenson

Illustrated by:
Allison Steinfeld

ISBN: 9781683691419

Magic Trash

Magic Trash

By: J.H. Shapiro

Illustrated by:
Vanessa Brantley-Newton

ISBN: 9781580893862

Work It, Girl!: Oprah Winfrey

Work It, Girl!

By: Caroline Moss

Illustrated by:
Sinem Erkas

ISBN: 9781786037367

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

By: Lisbeth Kaiser

Illustrated by:
Marta Antelo

ISBN: 9781786030184

Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women

Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women

By: Aitziber Lopez

Illustrated by:
Luciano Lozano

ISBN: 9781786037053

Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass

Friends for Freedom

By: Suzanne Slade

Illustrated by:
Nicole Tadgell

ISBN: 9781580895682

Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Illustrated by:
Mai Ly Degnan

ISBN: 9780711245679

Beautiful Shades of Brown

Beautiful Shades of Brown

By:

Speak Up!

Speak Up!

By: Adora Svitak

Illustrated by:
Camila Pinheiro

Work It, Girl!: Michelle Obama

Work It, Girl!

By: Caroline Moss

Illustrated by:
Sinem Erkas

ISBN: 9780711245181

Women in Physics

Women in Physics

By: Mary Wissinger

Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli

ISBN: 9781945779145

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

No Steps Behind

By: Jeff Gottesfeld

Illustrated by:
Shiella Witanto

ISBN: 9781939547552

Women in Chemistry

Women in Chemistry

By: Mary Wissinger

Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli

ISBN: 9781945779107

Women in Biology

Women in Biology

By: Mary Wissinger

Illustrated by:
Danielle Pioli

ISBN: 9781945779091

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

Manjhi Moves a Mountain

By: Nancy Churnin

Illustrated by:
Danny Popovici

ISBN: 9781939547347

Leonardo da Vinci Gets a Do-Over

Leonardo da Vinci Gets a Do-Over

By: Mark Friedlander Jr.

ISBN: 9780967802060

Wheels of Change

Wheels of Change

By: Darlene Beck Jacobson

ISBN: 9781939547132

We’ve Got a Job The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March

We’ve Got a Job The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March

By: Cynthia Levinson

ISBN: 9781561458448

Martin & Anne: the Kindred Spirits of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank

Martin & Anne

By: Nancy Churnin

Illustrated by:
Yevgenia Nayberg

ISBN: 9781939547538

Rocket Man The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn

Rocket Man The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn

By: Ruth Ashby

Illustrated by:
Robert Hunt

ISBN: 9781682631041

DK Life Stories: Helen Keller

DK Life Stories

By: Libby Romero

Illustrated by:
Charlotte Ager

ISBN: 9781465475442

When I Grow Up – Great Leaders

When I Grow Up – Great Leaders

By: DK

Illustrated by:
Lucy Semple

ISBN: 9781465491404

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

By: Don Tate

Illustrated by:
Don Tate

ISBN: 9781682630624

Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage

Marching with Aunt Susan

By: Claire Rudolf Murphy

Illustrated by:
Stacey Schuett

ISBN: 9781561459797

Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird

Away with Words

By: Lori Mortensen

Illustrated by:
Kristy Caldwell

ISBN: 9781682630051

The Amazing Mr. Franklin

The Amazing Mr. Franklin

By: Ruth Ashby

Illustrated by:
Michael G. Montgomery

ISBN: 9781682631027

What Matters

What Matters

By: Alison Hughes

Illustrated by:
Holly Hatam

ISBN: 9781459826410

On My Mountain

On My Mountain

By: François Aubineau

Illustrated by:
Jérôme Peyrat

ISBN: 9781459822320

The Justice Project

The Justice Project

By: Michael Betcherman

ISBN: 9781459822504

How to Become an Accidental Genius

How to Become an Accidental Genius

By: Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky

Illustrated by:
Jenn Playford

ISBN: 9781459816763

Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir

Puerto Rico Strong: A Comics Anthology Supporting Puerto Rico Disaster Relief and Recovery

Puerto Rico Strong

By: Hazel Newlevant

ISBN: 9781941302903

Witchy

Witchy

By: Ariel Slamet Ries

Illustrated by:
Ariel Slamet Ries

ISBN: 9781549304811

Princess Ka’iulani

Princess Ka’iulani

By: Sharon Linnea

ISBN: 9780802850881

Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride

Fast Enough

By: Joel Christian Gill

Illustrated by:
Joel Christian Gill

ISBN: 9781549303142

Aquicorn Cove

Aquicorn Cove

By: Katie O’Neill

Illustrated by:
Katie O’Neill

ISBN: 9781620105290

Fiction, 7-12, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Count Me In

Count Me In

By: Varsha Bajaj

ISBN: 9780525517245

Amal Unbound

Amal Unbound

By: Aisha Saeed

ISBN: 9780399544682

The Life and Times of Martin Luther

The Life and Times of Martin Luther

By: Meike Roth-Beck

Illustrated by:
Klaus Ensikat

ISBN: 9780802854957

Fur, Fins, and Feathers

Fur, Fins, and Feathers

By: Cassandre Maxwell

Illustrated by:
Cassandre Maxwell

ISBN: 9780802854322

The War Within These Walls

The War Within These Walls

By: Aline Sax

Illustrated by:
Caryl Strzelecki

ISBN: 9780802854285

Eva’s Story

Eva’s Story

By: Eva Schloss

ISBN: 9780802855312

Lulu the One and Only

Lulu the One and Only

By: Lynnette Mawhinney

Illustrated by:
Jennie Poh

ISBN: 9781433831591

A Girl Called Problem

A Girl Called Problem

By: Katie Quirk

ISBN: 9780802854049

Drawing On Walls: A Story Of Keith Haring

Drawing On Walls

By: Matthew Burgess

Illustrated by:
Josh Cochran

ISBN: 9781592702671

Noodlephant

Noodlephant

By: Jacob Kramer; Illus. by K-Fai Steele

Illustrated by:
K-Fai Steele

ISBN: 9781592702664

My Maddy

My Maddy

By: Gayle Pitman

Illustrated by:
Violet Tobacco

ISBN: 9781433830440

What What What?

What What What?

By: "Arata Tendo "

Illustrated by:
Ryoji Arai

ISBN: 9781592702374

Dumpster Dog

Dumpster Dog

By: Colas Gutman

Illustrated by:
Marc Boutavant

ISBN: 9781592702350

Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)

Three Balls of Wool (Can Change the World)

By: Henriqueta Cristina

Illustrated by:
Yara Kono

ISBN: 9781592702206

Child of Glass

Child of Glass

By: Beatrice Alemagna

Illustrated by:
Beatrice Alemagna

The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl

The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl

By: Keith Negley

Illustrated by:
Keith Negley

ISBN: 9780062846808

Mary Wears What She Wants

Mary Wears What She Wants

By: Keith Negley

Illustrated by:
Keith Negley

ISBN: 9780062846792

Papa, Daddy, and Riley

Papa, Daddy, and Riley

By: Seamus Kirst

Illustrated by:
Devon Holzwarth

ISBN: 9781433832390

Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Magic Ramen

By: Andrea Wang

Illustrated by:
Kana Urbanowicz

ISBN: 9781499807035

IT BEGAN WITH A PAGE: HOW GYO FUJIKAWA DREW THE WAY

IT BEGAN WITH A PAGE

By: Kyo Maclear

Illustrated by:
Julie Morstad

ISBN: 9780062447623

Rice from Heaven: The Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans

Rice from Heaven

By: Tina Cho

Illustrated by:
Keum Jin Song

ISBN: 9781499806823

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

By: Gene Barretta

Illustrated by:
Frank Morrison

ISBN: 9780062430151

Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber

Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust

By: Deborah Blumenthal

Illustrated by:
Masha D'yans

ISBN: 9781499808988

The Compton Cowboys: Young Readers’ Edition

The Compton Cowboys

By: Walter Thompson-Hernandez

ISBN: 9780062956842

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre

Planting Stories

By: Anika Aldamuy Denise

Illustrated by:
Paola Escobar

ISBN: 9780062748683

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

A Place to Land

By: Barry Wittenstein

Illustrated by:
Jerry Pinkney

ISBN: 9780823443314

Harvey Milk (People of Pride Series)

Harvey Milk (People of Pride Series)

By: Little Bee Books

Illustrated by:
Victoria Grace Elliott

ISBN: 9781499810165

Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir

Hey, Water!

Hey, Water!

By: Antoinette Portis

Illustrated by:
Antoinette Portis

ISBN: 9780823441556

Ellen DeGeneres (People of Pride Series)

Ellen DeGeneres (People of Pride Series)

By: Little Bee Books

Illustrated by:
Victoria Grace Elliott

ISBN: 9781499810158

Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir

A New Green Day

A New Green Day

By: Antoinette Portis

Illustrated by:
Antoinette Portis

ISBN: 9780823444885

I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference

I Voted

By: Mark Shulman

Illustrated by:
Serge Bloch

ISBN: 9780823445615

Give Us the Vote!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot

Give Us the Vote!

By: Susan Goldman Rubin

ISBN: 9780823439577

Dreamers

Dreamers

By: Yuyi Morales

Illustrated by:
Yuyi

ISBN: 9780823440559

Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

Making Their Voices Heard

By: Vivian Kirkfield

Illustrated by:
Alleanna Harris

ISBN: 9781499809602

The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks

The Extraordinary Life of Rosa Parks

By: Dr. Sheila Kanani

Illustrated by:
Nan Lawson

ISBN: 9781684640775

The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai

The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai

By: Hiba Noor Khan

Illustrated by:
Rita Petruccioli

ISBN: 9781684640768

Polly and Buster The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster

Polly and Buster The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster

By: Sally Rippin

Illustrated by:
Sally Rippin

ISBN: 9781610679268

The Cherry Pie Princess

The Cherry Pie Princess

By: Vivian French

Illustrated by:
Marta Kissi

ISBN: 9781610677332

Being Jack

Being Jack

By: Susanne Gervay

Illustrated by:
Cathy Wilcox

ISBN: 9781610673792