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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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