Books by Community

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Age 16 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

All the Fighting Parts

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault

Becoming a Ballerina: The Story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince

Age 04 or older

Themes: Arts, Discrimination: Body/Hair, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Adoption, Family Relationship: Parents, Genre: Biography, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Body Image, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness

Diamonds in the Shadow

Age 12 or older

Themes: Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education

The Bite of the Mango

Age 12 or older

Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Refugee: Sexual Violence, Refugee: War/Conflict

The Stars at Oktober Bend

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Refugee: War/Conflict

Truth Is

Age 14 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Life Event: Pregnancy, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational

Watch Me

Age 03 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience