Red, white, and whole by LaRocca, Rajani 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 543068 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Novels in verse

Summary: Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she's the only Indian American student, and home, with her family's traditions and holidays. But Reha's parents don't understand why she's conflicted--they only notice when Reha doesn't meet their strict expectations. Reha feels disconnected from her mother, or Amma. Then Reha finds out that her Amma is sick. Really sick. Reha, who dreams of becoming a doctor, is determined to make her Amma well again.

Rez dogs by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 163295 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG

Genres: Family Life Animals

Subjects: Novels in verse Abenaki Indians - Fiction COVID-19 (Disease) - Fiction Quarantine - Fiction Grandparents - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Northeastern States - Fiction Dogs - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Malian lives with her grandparents on a Wabanaki reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic and ends up befriending one of the dogs there.

Starfish by Fipps, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2021)

BTSB #: 335344 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   
AR: 4.1 MG Lexile: 630 HL F&P: W

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Obesity - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Texas - Fiction Texas - Fiction

Summary: Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.

This very tree : a story of 9/11, resilience, and regrowth by Rubin, Sean 

BTSB Prebound(Holt, 2021)

BTSB #: 769570 Available

Dewey: 973.931/NAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.9 LG Lexile: 520 AD

Genres:

Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Trees Memorials - New York (State) - New York Terrorism - United States

Summary: A portrait of the Callery pear tree that survived the attacks on September 11 and now stands amidst the beauty of the 9/11 Memorial.

Unspeakable : the Tulsa Race Massacre by Weatherford, Carole Boston 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2021)

BTSB #: 924822 Available

Dewey: 976.6/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 1100

Genres:

Subjects: Tulsa (Okla.), Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921 African Americans - Violence against - Oklahoma - Tulsa - History|y20th century Race relations Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century Greenwood (Tulsa, Okla.) - History|y20th century Tulsa (Okla.) - Race relations - History|y20th century

Summary: Provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history.

When Langston dances by Langley, Kaija 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 542136 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.6 LG Lexile: 580 AD

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Ballet dancers - Fiction Gender role - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Inspired by watching a performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, a young black boy longs to dance and enrolls in ballet school.

Wishes by Van, Muon 

BTSB Prebound(Orchard Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 902175 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 130 AD

Genres: Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Van, Muon - Fiction Refugees - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction Wishes - Fiction

Summary: In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life.