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Last Night at the Telegraph Club

by Malinda Lo

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They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott , and Harmony Becker

45+ Resources8 Awards

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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

by Kekla Magoon

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March Book One

by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

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Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People, An

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jean Mendoza, and Debbie Reese

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Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice

by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile

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How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure

by John Rocco

35+ Resources11 Awards

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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Paula Yoo

35+ Resources9 Awards

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Home Is Not a Country

by Safia Elhillo

30+ Resources6 Awards

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Little Women

by Louisa May Alcott

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Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

by Brandy Colbert

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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

by Elizabeth Partridge

30+ Resources11 Awards

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Fever 1793

by Laurie Halse Anderson and Lori Earley

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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

by Don Brown

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The Downstairs Girl

by Stacey Lee

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Pauli Murray: The Life of a Pioneering Feminist and Civil Rights Activist

by Terry Catasús Jennings and Rosita Stevens-Holsey

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I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir

by Malaka Gharib

25+ Resources3 Awards

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Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box

by Evette Dionne

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Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, and Nicole Neidhardt

25+ Resources3 Awards

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Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, The: Volume I, The Pox Party

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party

by M.T. Anderson

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Out of the Dust

by Karen Hesse

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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

by Steve Sheinkin

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The Awakening of Malcolm X

by Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson

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Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter

by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long

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Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale

by Nathan Hale

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Butterfly Yellow

by Thanhhà Lại

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America Redux

by Ariel Aberg-Riger

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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

by Walter Dean Myers

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A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi

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Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America

by Gail Jarrow

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Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space

by Margot Lee Shetterly

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Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions about Small-Town America

by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

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1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change

by Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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American Wings

by Sherri L. Smith and Elizabeth Wein

15+ Resources3 Awards

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Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (a Love Story)

by Deborah Heiligman

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

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Steve Jobs: Insanely Great

by Jessie Hartland

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This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration

by Linda Barrett Osborne

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Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War

by Talia Aikens-Nuñez

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President Has Been Shot!, The: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

by James L. Swanson

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Radium Girls, The: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark

The Radium Girls: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark

by Kate Moore

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Now or Never: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry's War to End Slavery

by Ray Anthony Shepard

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Just a Hat

by S. Khubiar

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Hamilton: The Revolution

by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

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Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me

by Condoleezza Rice

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Rap Year Book, The: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song from Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed

by Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres

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Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge: The Dirty Secrets Behind Early American Medicine

by J. Marin Younker

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First: Sandra Day O'Connor

by Evan Thomas

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