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Systemic Racism

Intersectional Voices

This page links to books that highlight the narratives of BIPOC communities.

Children's Books

book cover for dreamers by yuyi morales
book cover for Crown : an ode to the fresh cut by Derrick Barnes
book cover for Ancestor approved : intertribal stories for kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith
book cover for Eyes that kiss in the corners by Joanna Ho
book cover for beautifully me by nabela noor
book cover for Grandad's camper by Harry Woodgate
book cover for Luna's yum yum dim sum by Natasha Yim
book cover for We are water protectors by carole Lindstrom
book cover for What I am by Divya Srinivasan
book cover for Your name is a song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
book cover for Bowwow powwow = Bagosenjige-niimi'idim by Brenda Child
book cover for julian is a mermaid by jessica love
book cover for Peekaboo morning by Rachel Isadora
book cover for bilal cooks daal by Aisha Saeed
book cover for jack not jackie by erica silverman
book cover for bedtime bonnet by nancy amanda redd
book cover for The proudest blue : a story of hijab and family by Ibtihaj Muhammad
book cover for Fry bread : a Native American family story by Kevin Noble Maillard
book cover for home is in between by mitali perkins
book cover for I am an American : the Wong Kim Ark story by Martha Brockenbrough
book cover for When Aidan became a brother by kyle Lukoff
book cover for Sweetest Kulu by celina Kalluk
book cover for Sharice's big voice : a native kid becomes a congresswoman by Sharice Davids
book cover for the The hike by alison Farrell
book cover for All are welcome by alexandra Penfold
book cover for ¡Vamos! Let's go to the market by Raúl the Third
book cover for Stella brings the family by Miriam Schiffer
book cover for The camping trip by Jennifer Mann
book cover for Hands up! by Breanna McDaniel
book cover for Whose knees are these? by Jabari Asim
book cover for First laugh : welcome, baby! by Rose Ann Tahe
book cover for I love my hair! by Natasha Tarpley
book cover for B is for baby by Atinuke
book cover for Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
book cover for Far apart, close in heart : being a family when a loved one is incarcerated by becky Birtha
book cover for Under the same sun by Sharon Robinson
book cover for Me & Mama by Cozbi Cabrera
book cover for Last stop on Market Street by Matt de la pena
book cover for i got the christmas spirit by connie Schofield-Morrison,
book cover for visiting day by Jacqueline Woodson

Young Adult Fiction

book cover for A snake falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger
book cover for You should see me in a crown by Leah Johnson
book cover for Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
book cover for Red, white, and whole by Rajani LaRocca
Book cover for Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
book cover for Pet by akwake emezi
book cover for no filters and other lies
book cover for Dear Martin by Nic Stone
book cover for Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez
book cover for Genesis begins again by Alicia Williams
book cover for I'll be the one by Lyla Lee
book cover for The stars and the blackness between them by Junauda Petrus
book cover for legendborn by Tracy Deonn
book cover for Felix ever after by Kacen Callender
book cover for faith taking flight by julie murphy
book cover for I'm Ok by Patti Kim
book cover for The black flamingo by Dean Atta
book cover for The way you make me feel by Maurene Goo
book cover for A place inside of me : a poem to heal the heart by Zetta Elliott
book cover for How we fall apart by Katie Zhao
book cover for Every body looking by Candice Iloh
book cover for I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika Sánchez
book cover I can make this promise by Christine Day
book cover for We are not from here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
book cover for Miss Meteor Mejia by Kay Tehlor
book cover for juliet takes a breath by gabby rivera
Book cover for concrete rose by angie thomas
Book cover for a thousand questions by Saadia Faruqi
book cover for LLight it up by Kekla Magoon
book cover for the sun is also a star by nicola yoon
book cover for a burning by Megha Majumdar
book cover for internment by Samira Ahmed
book cover for they both die in the end by adam silvera
book cover for lupe wong wont dance by Donna Barba Higuera
book cover for the bridge by bill konigsberg
book cover for long way down by jason reynolds
book cover for sanctuary by Paola Mendoza
book cover for out of darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
Book cover for as brave as you by jason reynolds
book cover for one crazy summer by rita williams garcia
book cove for piecing me together by renee watson

Graphic Novels

book cover for Across a field of starlight by Blue Delliquanti
book cover for Unearthed : a Jessica Cruz story by Lilliam Rivera
book cover for The magic fish by Trung Le Nguyen
book cover for New kid by jerry Craft
book cover for Juliet takes a breath by gabby Rivera
book cover for Himawari House by Harmony Becker
book cover for Flamer by Mike Curato
book cover for Borders by Thomas King
book cover for The best we could do : an illustrated memoir by Thi Bui
book cover for Surviving the city by tasha Spillett-Sumner
book cover for Huda F are you? by Huda Fahmy
book cover for Book El Deafo by Cece Bell
book cover for the sacrifice of darkness by roxane gay
book cover for Gender queer : a memoir by Maia Kobabe
book cover Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
book cover for Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
book cover for this one summer by Mariko Tamaki
book cover for They called us enemy by george takei
book cover for When stars are scattered by Victoria Jamieson
book cover for As the crow flies by Melanie Gillman
book cover for nubia real one by LL McKinney
book cover for I am Alfonso Jones by tony Medina
book cover for Kindred : a graphic novel adaptation by Damian Duffy
book cover for persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
book cover for long way down by jason reynolds
book cover for the Pride of Baghdad by Brian Vaughan
book cover for Monster by Walter dean myers

Poetry and Adult Fiction

Book cover for black girl call home by jasmine mans
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Night of the living rez by morgan talty
Our missing hearts by Celeste Ng
book cover for If they come for us : poems by Fatimah Asghar
book cover for Say her name by zetta elliott
book cover for Kim Jiyoung, born 1982 by Nam-ju Cho
book cover for the fifth season by n.k. jemisin
book cover for savag tongues by azareen van der vliet oloomi
book cover for a place inside of me by zetta elliot
book cover for the five wounds by kirsten valdez quade
book cover for parable of the sower by octavia butler
book cover for citizen by claudia rankine
Book cover for Knitting the fog by Claudia Hernández
book cover for of women and salt by gabriela garcia
book cover for the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw
book cover for a woman is no man by etaf rum
book cover for house of broken angels by luis alberto urrea
book cover for sing unburied sing by jesmyn ward
book cover for such a funny age by kiley reid
book cover Ink knows no borders : poems of the immigrant and refugee experience by Patrice Vecchione
book cover for homecoming by yaa gyasi
book cover for Catalog of unabashed gratitude by ross Gay
book cover for almond by won pyung sohn
book cover for the idiot by elif batuman
book cover for dont call us dead by danez smith
book cover for book of unknown americans by christina henriquez
book cover for travelers by regina porter
book cover for we cast a shadow by maurice carlos ruffin
book cover for real life by brandon taylor
book cover for the girl with the loudest voice by abi dare
book cover for ayiti by roxane gay
book cover for Letters to a young brown girl : poems by Barbara Reyes
book cover for black no more by George Schuyler
book cover for if beale street could talk by james baldwin
book cover for brief history of seven killings by marlon james
book cover for their eyes were watching god by zora neale hurston
book cover for nickel boys by colson whitehead

Essays and Anthologies

book cover for wild tongues cant be tamed edited by fennell
Fat and queer : an anthology of queer and trans bodies and lives
book cover for Blackout edited by Tiffany Jackson
book cover for Everything you wanted to know about Indians but were afraid to ask by Anton Treuer
book cover for Disability visibility : 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults by Alice Wong
book cover for This is our rainbow : 16 stories of her, him, them, and us by Katherine Locke
book cover for Every body shines : sixteen stories about living fabulously fat by Cassandra Newbould
book cover for Rise up! : how you can join the fight against White supremacy by Crystal Marie Fleming
book cover for Unbroken : 13 stories starring disabled teens by Marieke Nijkamp
book cover for black boy joy by Kwame Mbalia
book cover for A phoenix first must burn : sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hopeby Patrice Caldwell
book cover for Black enough : stories of being young & black in America by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
book cover for Halal if you hear me by Fatimah Asghar

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