Learn about the inspiring life of a pioneering journalist in Ida B. Wells: Journalist, Advocate & Crusader for Justice, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Candace Buford.
Browsing: Celebrating Diversity
From contemporary to fantasy, the following upper young adult books feature LGBTQ main/major characters and queer topics.
Frida Kahlo’s Flower Crown, by Nydia Armendia-Sánchez and Loris Lora, tells the story of Frida grew into a celebrated artist.
Learn about one of the greatest cellists of all time in The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World, by James Howe and Jack Wong.
A young noodle chef competes in a cutthroat cooking competition for the gods in Celestial Banquet, by Roselle Lim.
Author Kelly Yang returns to the world of Front Desk with Chef’s Secret, the sixth book in the series and the first one told from Jason’s point of view.
A former model sets out to get revenge on the boy who ruined her life in Never Thought I’d End Up Here, a YA rom-com by Ann Liang.
Learn the story of how France’s Louvre Museum was redesigned and the architect who did it in The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei.
Follow a migrant’s story through a series of wordless images in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, which is now available in paperback.
Fantasy, myth and reality come together in El Niño, a new book by Pam Muñoz Ryan that follows a swimmer as he heals from the loss of his sister.