Children & Young Adult
Children & Young Adult
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir
In her own voice, acclaimed author and poet Nikki Grimes explores the truth of a harrowing childhood in a compelling and moving memoir in verse.Growing up with a mother suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a mostly absent father, Nikki Grimes...
$12.99
Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama
Inspired by the life and quotations of former first lady Michelle Obama, Opening My Eyes Underwater is a collection of essays penned by bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk.Essays of bullying, heartbreak, racism, and confidence, Ashley taps into her own past and shares those...
$19.99
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
This inspiring memoir, now adapted for young adults, chronicles Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 phenom Kwame Onwuachi's incredible and odds-defying fame in the food world after a tough childhood in the Bronx and Nigeria.Food was Kwame Onwuachi's first great...
$11.99
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade, but few recorded their personal experiences. Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is perhaps the most well known of the autobiographies that exist. Using this narrative as...
$17.99
My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way.
A stunning visual autobiography of two crazy-talented besties, bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds and painter Jason Griffin, who could never be who they are singularly if they weren’t who they were together.Once upon a time in America, there were...
$19.99
Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition)
$15.95
Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words: Young Reader Edition (In Their Own Words: Young Reader Edition)
Get inside the head of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as First Lady of the United States. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama’s numerous public statements—interviews, books,...
$15.95
Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War
Honor and Fidelity. That is the motto of the 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers, the only Puerto Rican unit in the United States Army. Since the regiment’s creation in 1899, the men of the 65th have proudly...
$17.99
Marvel Black Panther Wakanda Atlas
Uncover the mysteries of Black Panther’s Wakanda.From the Golden City, Birnin Zana, to the mountainous Jabari-Lands and even beyond space and time to the intergalactic Planet Bast, this book charts Wakanda and its key locations as never seen before.With stunning...
$30.99
Kamala Harris: First Female Us Vice President (Essential Lives)
This title examines the life and career of the lawyer and senator who was elected vice president of the United States in 2020. Harris became the first female vice president, as well as the first Black and Asian American vice...
$41.36
Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American
"Jasminne Mendez didn't speak English when she started kindergarten, and her young, white teacher thought the girl was deaf because in Louisiana, you were either Black or white. She had no idea that a Black girl could be a Spanish...
$14.95
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
They tell me to “fix” my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth...
$16.99
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide...
$19.99
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
Poet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia to becoming an openly gay first-generation college...
$19.99
The Hope Raisers: How a Group of Young Kenyans Fought to Transform Their Slum and Inspire a Community
The poignant and inspiring true story of three young Kenyans who fought to transform their slum and improve the lives of those around them. Korogocho is one of Kenya’s darkest slums, plagued by gang violence, food and water shortages, and...
$33.99
Funny Gyal: My Fight Against Homophobia in Jamaica
Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult ― 2022 Finalist“Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out … That’s the power of one person.” ― Barack ObamaThe inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica’s oppression of...
$18.99
From the Late 1800s to the Early 1900s: Harriet Tubman to Anna Pavlova (History's Most Influential Women)
After escaping from enslavement, Harriet Tubman went on to become a vocal abolitionist and “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. Her legacy as a social activist is undeniable. She worked alongside many other important historical figures, including Frederick Douglass and Susan...
$20.50
From Ancient Egypt to 1500: Hatshepsut to Isabella I (History's Most Influential Women)
Women have been influential from the earliest times of history. Around 3,500 years ago, Hatshepsut became an Egyptian pharaoh, something few women accomplished. Her reign was largely peaceful and productive, and she attained a high level of power. Isabella the...
$20.50
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party
Booklist Editors’ ChoiceWINNER of the Russell Freedman Award for Non-Fiction for a Better WorldWINNER – International Literacy Association (ILA) – Young Adult NonfictionHONOR – 2023 Malka Penn Award for Human RightsTop 10 – In the Margins Book AwardEditor’s Choice - BooklistKnowledge...
$19.99
Forced to Flee: Refugee Children Drawing on their Experiences
Refugee children explain in their own words and pictures their thoughts, feelings and experiences about having to flee from their home countries.Produced in association with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and with a foreword from Cate Blanchett, Goodwill...
$15.99
Finding Her Voice: How Black Girls in White Spaces Can Speak Up and Live Their Truth
"A how-to book to encourage and empower Black teenage girls."—Kirkus Reviews Find the strength and confidence needed to speak up, be heard, and assert yourself in a world filled with microaggressions and discrimination. Have you experienced stress, frustration, anger, or sadness...
$16.95
A Few Red Drops
This mesmerizing narrative nonfiction draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of an explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Coretta Scott King Award winner * Carter G. Woodson...
$13.99
Feminist AF: A Guide to Crushing Girlhood
A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021 Hip-hop and feminism combine in this empowering guide with attitude, from best-selling author Brittney Cooper and founding members of the Crunk Feminist Collective. Loud and rowdy girls, quiet and nerdy girls, girls who rock...
$16.95
Female, Gifted, and Black: Awesome Art and Literary Pioneers Who Changed the World
Celebrate Black Historical Figures Who Changed History Embrace Black girl magic and learn about the Black historical figures who made their impact on society as we know it. Female, Gifted and Black, the follow-up to The Book of Awesome Black Women, celebrates...
$19.99
Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+)
$22.99
Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+)
Youth Empowerment for Black Teen Girls from Famous Black Women "It's time for us Black girls and Black women to be empowered, and I'm glad we have Fievre to show us the way."―Monique Jones, author of The Book of Awesome Black...
$22.99
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults): A Story of Race and Inheritance
Now adapted for young adults—the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, which Toni Morrison called “quite extraordinary,” offers an intimate look at Barack Obama’s early days. This is a compelling journey tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity. A...
$18.99
Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America
In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.I want life.After a...
$18.99
Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South
As the fight for equal rights continues, Defiant takes a critical look at the strides and struggles of the past in this revelatory and moving memoir about a young Black man growing up in the South during the heart of the Civil...
$17.99
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)
In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class. Revealing and timely, this work will...
$18.99
The Call of Antarctica: Exploring and Protecting Earth's Coldest Continent
Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest, driest, and most remote part of the world. It’s the world’s largest polar dessert. Antarctica is a true wilderness. Author Leilani Raashida Henry, daughter of George W. Gibbs, Jr., the first person of African...
$52.00
The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
One of the worst acts of racist violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The Burning recreates Greenwood at the height of its...
$12.99