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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 1416905855
Publication Date: 2008-10-21

March is Disability Awareness Month

A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel
ISBN: 9781510703827
Publication Date: 2016-08-09
The Disability Experience by Hannalora Leavitt; Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781459819283
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) by Alice Wong (Editor)
ISBN: 9780593381687
Publication Date: 2021-10-26
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
ISBN: 9780062936790
Publication Date: 2020-08-25
A Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen
ISBN: 9781419739859
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman; Brendan Shusterman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780061134111
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
History Is All You Left Me (Deluxe Edition) by Adam Silvera; Becky Albertalli (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781641293174
Publication Date: 2022-01-11
Te Veo by Marci Lyn Curtis
ISBN: 9788496886551
Publication Date: 2017-08-31

Celebrate Black History Month

The Black History Book by DK; David Olusoga (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780744042146
Publication Date: 2021-11-23
Black History Matters by Robin Walker
ISBN: 9781445166902
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
Timelines from Black History by DK; Mireille Harper (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780744039092
Publication Date: 2021-01-19
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
ISBN: 9780316475112
Publication Date: 2017-12-05

December is Universal Human Rights Month!

Every Human Has Rights by National Geographic; Mary Robinson (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1426305109
Publication Date: 2008-11-25
Free? by Amnesty International (Editor)
ISBN: 0763649260
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
Why We March by Artisan
ISBN: 9781579658281
Publication Date: 2017-03-07

Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month!

#NotYourprincess by Lisa Charleyboy (Editor); Mary Beth Leatherdale (Editor)
ISBN: 9781554519576
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Trickster by Matt Dembicki (Editor)
ISBN: 1555917240
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
We Are Still Here by Rigoberto Menchu Tum (Introduction by); Dick Bancroft (By (photographer)); Laura Waterman Wittstock
ISBN: 9780873518871
Publication Date: 2013-05-15
Code Talkers and Warriors by Tom Holm; Paul C. Rosier (Series edited by)
ISBN: 9780791093405
Publication Date: 2007-09-30
When the Rain Sings by National Museum of the American Indian Staff; Lee Francis (Editor)
ISBN: 0689822839
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene; Ciara Sana (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781984857941
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
ISBN: 9780393358483
Publication Date: 2020-08-18
Indigenous Ingenuity by Deidre Havrelock; Edward Kay
ISBN: 9780316413336
Publication Date: 2023-05-09

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Furia

Poet X

Never Look Back

We Are Not from Here

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Bird of Paradise

Habia una Vez una Quinceanera

Sonia Sotomayor

Cool Salsa

Becoming Maria

The Closer

The Education of Margot Sanchez

Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle

I Got This

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

Shadowshaper

Becoming Beatriz

Benito Runs

Bridge

The Music of What Happens

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.

They Both Die at the End

Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Check out our books to celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride Month!

Stonewall by Ann Bausum
ISBN: 9780670016792
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
This Book Is Gay by James Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781492617822
Publication Date: 2015-06-16
Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager; Zoë More O'Ferrall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0062474316
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
It Gets Better by Dan Savage (Editor); Terry Miller (Editor)
ISBN: 9780525952336
Publication Date: 2011-03-22
When We Rise by Cleve Jones
ISBN: 9780316315432
Publication Date: 2016-11-29
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
ISBN: 9780062348708
Publication Date: 2017-04-11
The Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis
ISBN: 9780062659002
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
You Brought Me the Ocean by Julie Maroh (Illustrator); Alex Sanchez
ISBN: 9781401290818
Publication Date: 2020-06-09
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
ISBN: 9780062990297
Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338617436
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch
ISBN: 9781534497467
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
Bloom by Kevin Panetta; Savanna Ganucheau (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626726413
Publication Date: 2019-01-29
History Is All You Left Me (Deluxe Edition) by Adam Silvera; Becky Albertalli (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781641293174
Publication Date: 2022-01-11
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
ISBN: 9781534496200
Publication Date: 2023-10-03

Read E. Lockhart's Bestsellers from Our Collection!

Again Again

We Were Liars

Family of Liars

Whistle: a New Gotham City Hero

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

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