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Kid Activists—True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

Kid Activists—True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change

By: Robin Stevenson
Illustrated by:
 Allison Steinfeld
ISBN: 9781683691419
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
Women in Physics

Women in Physics

By: Mary Wissinger
Illustrated by:
 Danielle Pioli
ISBN: 9781945779145
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

By: Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
 Marta Antelo
ISBN: 9781786030184
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
The Oldest Student

The Oldest Student

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Illustrated by:
 Oge Mora
ISBN: 9781524768287
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

Poet

By: Don Tate
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781682630624
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
Zora & Me

Zora & Me

By: Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
ISBN: 9780763658144
Women Who Dared

Women Who Dared

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
 Livi Gosling
ISBN: 9781492653271
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
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
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathmatics

Numbers in Motion

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
 Yevgenia Nayberg
ISBN: 9781939547637
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin

A Ben of All Trades

By: Michael J. Rosen
Illustrated by:
 Matt Tavares
ISBN: 9781536201215
All the Way to the Top

All the Way to the Top

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
 Nabi H. Ali
ISBN: 9781492688976
Work It, Girl: Become a Leader like Michelle Obama

Work It, Girl

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
 Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9780711245181
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
The Fire Never Goes Out

The Fire Never Goes Out

By: Stevenson, Noelle
Illustrated by:
 Stevenson, Noelle
ISBN: 9780062278272
Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Conrad Roset
ISBN: 9780711246751
Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring

Beautiful Shades of Brown

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
The Fire Never Goes Out

The Fire Never Goes Out

By: Noelle Stevenson
ISBN: 9780062278272
Music Is My Life

Music Is My Life

By: Myles Tanzer
Illustrated by:
 Ali Mac
ISBN: 9780711249189
Fly High, John Glenn

Fly High, John Glenn

By: Krull, Kathleen
Illustrated by:
 Quarello, Maurizio A.C.
ISBN: 9780062747143
Heroic Women Of The Art World

Heroic Women Of The Art World

By: Eugene H. Pool
ISBN: 9781943431533
Ruth Objects

Ruth Objects

By: Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by:
 Eric Velasquez
ISBN: 9781484747179
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Fighter for Women’s Rights

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

By: Jeri Cipriano
Illustrated by:
 Scott R. Brooks
ISBN: 9781634409872
Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids

Rachel Carson and Ecology for Kids

By: Rowena Rae
ISBN: 9780897339339
Brave. Black. First.

Brave. Black. First.

By: Cheryl Willis Hudson
Illustrated by:
 Erin. K. Robinson
ISBN: 9780525645818
Wood, Wire, Wings

Wood, Wire, Wings

By: Kirsten W. Larson
Illustrated by:
 Tracy Subisak
ISBN: 9781629799384
Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Mai Ly Degnan
ISBN: 9780711245679
Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century

By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781629799087
Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Pili Aguado
ISBN: 9781786032270
Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

By: Lisbeth Kaiser
Illustrated by:
 Leire Salaberria
ISBN: 9781847808899
Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist

Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells The Daring Life of a Crusading Journalist

By: Philip Dray
Illustrated by:
 Stephen Alcorn
ISBN: 9781561454174
Struttin’ with Some Barbecue: Lil Hardin Armstrong Becomes the First Lady of Jazz

Struttin’ with Some Barbecue

By: Patricia Hruby Powell
Illustrated by:
 Rachel Himes
ISBN: 9781580897402
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
Princess Ka’iulani

Princess Ka’iulani

By: Sharon Linnea
ISBN: 9780802850881
Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl

Althea Gibson

By: Megan Reid
Illustrated by:
 Laura Freeman
ISBN: 9780062851093
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Wangari Maathai

By: Franck Prévot
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580896269
Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring

Beautiful Shades of Brown

By: Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by:
 Felicia Marshall
ISBN: 9781939547651
Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)

Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)

By: Sharon Robinson
ISBN: 9781338282801
Sweet Dreams, Sarah

Sweet Dreams, Sarah

By: Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by:
 Chris Ewald
ISBN: 9781939547316
Shark Lady

Shark Lady

By: Jess Keating
Illustrated by:
 Marta Alvarez Miguens
ISBN: 9781492642046
Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Gee Fan Eng
ISBN: 9781847807830
Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone

Nina

By: Alice Brière-Haquet
Illustrated by:
 Bruno Liance
ISBN: 9781580898270
Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Amelia Flower
ISBN: 9781786037510
Run the Show Like CEO Oprah Winfrey (Work It Girl)

Run the Show Like CEO Oprah Winfrey (Work It Girl)

By: Caroline Moss
Illustrated by:
 Sinem Erkas
ISBN: 9781786037367
One Earth: People of Color Protecting Our Planet

One Earth

By: Anuradha Rao
ISBN: 9781459818866
Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education

Malala

By: Raphaële Frier
Illustrated by:
 Aurélia Fronty
ISBN: 9781580897853
Reach for the Skai

Reach for the Skai

By: Skai Jackson
ISBN: 9781984851543
Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

By: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Agathe Sorlet
ISBN: 9781786032287
The Boy Who Survived

The Boy Who Survived

By: Alton Carter
ISBN: 9781937054915
Cub

Cub

By: Cynthia Copeland
Illustrated by:
 Cynthia Copeland
ISBN: 9781616208486
Mario and the Hole in the Sky

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

By: Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN: 9781580895811
Orchestra

Orchestra

By: Avalon Nuovo
Illustrated by:
 David Doran
ISBN: 9781912497867
50 Trailblazers of the 50 States

50 Trailblazers of the 50 States

By: Tracy Packiam Alloway
Illustrated by:
 Ana Sanfelippo
ISBN: 9781786039675
Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity

Eclipse

By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
 Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629441252
Survivors of the Holocaust

Survivors of the Holocaust

By: Kath Shackelton
Illustrated by:
 Zane Whittingham
ISBN: 9781492688921
Think Smart, Be Fearless: A Biography of Bill Gates

Think Smart, Be Fearless

By: Sharon Mentyka
Illustrated by:
 Vivien Mildenberger
ISBN: 9781632171764
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
Lailah’s Lunchbox

Lailah’s Lunchbox

By: Reem Faruqi
Illustrated by:
 Lea Lyon
ISBN: 9780884484318
Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?

Yay! You’re Gay! Now What?

By: Riyadh Khalaf
Illustrated by:
 Melissa McFeeters
ISBN: 9781786033659
Queer Heroes

Queer Heroes

By: Arabelle Sicardi
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Tanat-Jones
ISBN: 9781786034762
King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara

King of the Tightrope

By: Donna Janell Bowman
Illustrated by:
 Adam Gustavson
ISBN: 9781561459377
Carter Reads the Newspaper

Carter Reads the Newspaper

By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781561459346
Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird

Away with Words

By: Lori Mortensen
Illustrated by:
 Kristy Caldwell
ISBN: 9781682630051
Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)

Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)

By: Sharon Robinson
ISBN: 9781338282801
Queer Heroes

Queer Heroes

By: Arabelle Sicardi
Illustrated by:
 Sarah Tanat-Jones
ISBN: 9781786034762
Girl Under a Red Moon: Growing Up During China’s Cultural Revolution

Girl Under a Red Moon

By: Da Chen
ISBN: 9781338263862
Monument Maker:Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

Monument Maker

By: Linda Booth Sweeney
Illustrated by:
 Shawn Fields
ISBN: 9780884486435
The Astronaut With a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa (Amazing Scientists)

The Astronaut With a Song for the Stars

By: Julia Finley Mosca
Illustrated by:
 Daniel Rieley
ISBN: 9781943147632
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World Traveling Bug Hunter

Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist

By: Christine Evans
Illustrated by:
 Yasmin Imamura
ISBN: 9781943147663
Doggy Defenders: Willow the Therapy Dog

Doggy Defenders

By: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9781426334474
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary

Just Like Beverly

By: Vicki Conrad
Illustrated by:
 David Hohn
ISBN: 9781632172228
The Woman Who Caught The Babies – A Story of African American Midwives

The Woman Who Caught The Babies – A Story of African American Midwives

By: Eloise Greenfield
Illustrated by:
 Daniel Minter
ISBN: 9780997772074
Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

Monument Maker

By: Linda Booth Sweeney
Illustrated by:
 Shawn Fields
ISBN: 9780884486435
Guts

Guts

By: Raina Telgemeier
ISBN: 9780545852500
King of King Court

King of King Court

By: Travis Dandro
ISBN: 9781770463592
Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Miguel Bustos
DK Life Stories: Nelson Mandela

DK Life Stories

By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465484000
Saturdays and Teacakes

Saturdays and Teacakes

By: Lester L. Laminack
Illustrated by:
 Chris Soentpiet
ISBN: 9781561453030
The Woman Who Caught The Babies – A Story of African American Midwives

The Woman Who Caught The Babies – A Story of African American Midwives

By: Eloise Greenfield
Illustrated by:
 Daniel Minter
ISBN: 9780997772074
Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain

Good Fortune

By: Li Keng Wong
ISBN: 9781561453672
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
Imagine

Imagine

By: Juan Felipe
Illustrated by:
 Herrera
ISBN: 9780763690526
Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground

Zora and Me

By: T. R. Simon & Victoria Bond
ISBN: 9780763643010
Walk Together Children

Walk Together Children

By: Ashley Bryan
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Bryan
ISBN: 9780979300011
I’m Going to Sing

I’m Going to Sing

By: Ashley Bryan
Illustrated by:
 Ashley Bryan
ISBN: 9780979300028
A Suitcase of Seaweed & MORE

A Suitcase of Seaweed & MORE

By: Janet Wong
ISBN: 9781937057336
Carter Reads the Newspaper

Carter Reads the Newspaper

By: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by:
 Don Tate
ISBN: 9781561459346
Snakes, Alligators, and Broken Hearts: Journeys of a Biologist’s Son

Snakes, Alligators, and Broken Hearts

By: Sneed B. Collard III
ISBN: 9780984446063
Children of the First People: Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native Kids

Children of the First People

By: Tricia Brown
Illustrated by:
 Roy Corral
ISBN: 9781513261973
Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood

Leaving China

By: James McMullan
Illustrated by:
 James McMullan
ISBN: 9781616202552
In Waves

In Waves

By: AJ Dungo
ISBN: 9781910620632
Back to School

Back to School

By: Maya Ajmera
Illustrated by:
 John D. Ivanko
ISBN: 9781580898379
Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Daria Solak
ISBN: 9781786037602
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different

Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different

By: Ben Brooks
Illustrated by:
 Quinton Wintor
ISBN: 9780762468553
The Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11’s Third Man

The Far Side of the Moon

By: Alex Irvine
Illustrated by:
 Ben Bishop
ISBN: 9780884487593
David Bowie (Little People, Big Dreams)

David Bowie (Little People, Big Dreams)

By: Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrated by:
 Ana Albero
ISBN: 9781786033321
The Space Race

The Space Race

By: Sarah Cruddas
ISBN: 9781465481450
Enemy Child

Enemy Child

By: Andrea Warren
ISBN: 9780823441518
DK Life Stories: Florence Nightingale

DK Life Stories

By: Kitson Jazynka
Illustrated by:
 Charlotte Ager
ISBN: 9781465478436
Tippy Finds a Home

Tippy Finds a Home

By: Mary Beth Stevens
Illustrated by:
 Susan Spellman
ISBN: 9781942155201
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