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Picture Book | Grades 4-6 | Graphic Novels: Grades 4-6 | Grades 6-9 | Graphic Novels: Grades 6-9 | High School
Picture Book
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- Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
- Crossings by Katy S. Duffield, illustrated by Mile Orodan
- Don't Hug Doug: (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
- Except Antarctica by Todd Sturgell
- I am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Martha Brockenbrough with Grace Lin, illustrated by Julia Kuo
- Norman Didn't Do It! : (Yes, he did.) by Ryan T. Higgins
- The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story by Tina Cho, illustrated by Jess X. Snow
- Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison
- A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Sincerely, Emerson: A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us by Emerson Weber, illustrated by Jaclyn Sinquett
- Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Loren Long
- Twenty-one Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, illustrated by Mark Tavares
- A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott
- What's in Your Pocket? : Collecting Nature's Treasures by Heather L. Montgomery, illustrated by Maribel Lechuga
Grades 4-6
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- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
- Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
- The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling
- Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
- The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
- Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
- Unplugged by Gordon Korman
- Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
- Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Graphic Novels: Grades 4-6
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- Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter
- Anti/Hero by Kate Karyus Quinn and Demitira Lunetta, illustrated by Maca Gil
- Chunky by Yehudi Mercado
- City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis, illustrated by Vivian Truong
- The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
- Just Roll with It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie, illustrated by Veronica Agarwal
- Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte, illustrated by Ann Xu
- Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds, illustrated by Pablo Leon
- Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
- The Way of the Hive: A Honey Bee’s Story by Jay Hosler, illustrated by Hilary Sycamore
Grades 6-9
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- The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
- The Brave by James Bird
- Fallout by Steve Sheinkin
- Glitch by Laura Martin
- Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon
- Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt
- Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
- The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
- Starfish by Lisa Fipps
- Summer of Brave by Amy Noelle Parks
Graphic Novels: Grades 6-9
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- Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
- The Ghoul Next Door by Cullen Bunn, illustrated by Cat Farris
- Huda F are You? By Huda Fahmy
- The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
- Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas, illustrated by Claudia Aguirre
- Living with Viola by Rosena Fung
- Salt Magic by Hope Larson, illustrated by Rebecca Mock
- Shark Summer by Ira Marcks
- The Underfoot: The Mighty Deep by Ben Fisher and Emily S. Whitten, illustrated by Michelle Nguyen
- Ye by Guilherme Petreca
High School
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- Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
- The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Long Way Down: the graphic novel by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff
- Pumpkin by Julie Murphy
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
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