🏆 Newbery Honor

Distinguished children's literature recognized by the American Library Association as a runner-up for the Newbery Medal. These books represent some of the finest writing for young readers in a given year.

A Gathering of Days

by Joan W. Blos • 1979

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

3.52

9k+

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad

A Gathering of Days 86%

What a farm girl's 1830 journal holds: a hidden fugitive, a lost friend, a family remade.

by Joan W. Blos 1979

3.52

9k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 🌾 Farm Life 🕊️ Underground Railroad

Walk Two Moons

by Sharon Creech • 1994

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

4.00

174k+

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes

Walk Two Moons 86%

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

by Sharon Creech 1994

4.00

174k+ ratings

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes

Sounder

by William H. Armstrong • 1969

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

3.97

32k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Sounder 86%

A sharecropper's son searches for his arrested father, with a wounded dog as his only guide.

by William H. Armstrong 1969

3.97

32k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🌾 Sharecropper Life 🏚️ Jim Crow South

Priklijuoti

by John David Anderson • 2017

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

3.90

9k+

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words

Priklijuoti 85%

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017

3.90

9k+ ratings

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words

The Underneath

by Kathi Appelt • 2008

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

3.99

12k+

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

The Underneath 85%

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

by Kathi Appelt 2008

3.99

12k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

3.9

7k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing

The Red Pencil 85%

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014

3.9

7k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing

Dear Mr. Kilmer

by Anne E. Schraff • 1999

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

3.96

272

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

Dear Mr. Kilmer 85%

An Iowa boy writes to poet Joyce Kilmer, then must defy his town's war-fueled prejudice.

by Anne E. Schraff 1999

3.96

272 ratings

🏠 WWI Home Front ✉️ Letter Correspondence 💚 Gentle Masculinity

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper • 2010

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

4.34

191k+

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship

Out of My Mind 85%

Silent and brilliant, Melody finally speaks through a device, but the world still won't listen.

by Sharon M. Draper 2010

4.34

191k+ ratings

🤫 Underestimated Kid ♿ Living With Disability 💔 Toxic Friendship

Forget Me Not

by Ellie Terry • 2017

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

3.91

16k+

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Forget Me Not 85%

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

by Ellie Terry 2017

3.91

16k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback

by Robert Cormier • 1998

A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

3.39

5k+

🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback Summary

Heroes by Cormier, Robert ( AUTHOR ) Mar-30-2007 Hardback 85%

A scarred veteran comes home hiding his face, carrying a gun, and hunting his former hero.

by Robert Cormier 1998

3.39

5k+ ratings

🏘️ Postwar Small Town 👁️ Witness Guilt 💔 Fallen Mentor

Auggie & Me

by R.J. Palacio • 2015

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

4.27

42k+

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption

Auggie & Me 85%

How three kids from Auggie's world confront the hardest thing of all: their own mistakes.

by R.J. Palacio 2015

4.27

42k+ ratings

📖 Short Story Collection 📘 Companion Novel 🔄 Bully Redemption

Seldom Disappointed

by Tony Hillerman • 2001

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

4.01

794

✍️ Writer'S Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture

Seldom Disappointed 85%

Wounded infantryman, journalist, 45-year-old professor: the unlikely path to the Navajo mysteries.

by Tony Hillerman 2001

4.01

794 ratings

✍️ Writer'S Memoir 📝 Craft Of Writing 🏹 Native American Culture

City of Orphans

by Avi • 2011

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

3.97

4k+

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience

City of Orphans 85%

With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.

by Avi 2011

3.97

4k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🔍 Kid Detectives 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Because of Mr. Terupt

by Rob Buyea • 2010

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

4.35

46k+

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher

Because of Mr. Terupt 85%

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

by Rob Buyea 2010

4.35

46k+ ratings

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher

Rebound

by Kwame Alexander • 2018

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

4.30

14k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer

Rebound 85%

His father dies. Sent to his grandparents, a boy discovers basketball and a path through loss.

by Kwame Alexander 2018

4.30

14k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🏀 Sports Fiction 👴 Grandparent Summer

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

How to Stay Invisible 85%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion

Eleven

by Tom Rogers • 2014

On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.

4.32

3k+

🐕 Boy And Dog 🗽 September 11 🪄 Magical Thinking

Eleven 85%

On 9/11, a boy finds a stray dog as his father is trapped in the Twin Towers.

by Tom Rogers 2014

4.32

3k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And Dog 🗽 September 11 🪄 Magical Thinking

The Plot to Kill Hitler

by Patricia McCormick • 2016

He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.

4.04

3k+

✝️ German Resistance 📖 Wwii Biographies ⚔️ Faith In Crisis

The Plot to Kill Hitler 85%

He was a pacifist pastor. Then he joined a plot to assassinate Hitler.

by Patricia McCormick 2016

4.04

3k+ ratings

✝️ German Resistance 📖 Wwii Biographies ⚔️ Faith In Crisis

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio • 2012

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

4.36

1.2M+

🩺 Visible Difference 🔄 Shifting Narrators 💔 School Bullying

Wonder 85%

His face draws stares, but starting fifth grade, Auggie just wants to be an ordinary kid.

by R.J. Palacio 2012

4.36

1.2M+ ratings

🩺 Visible Difference 🔄 Shifting Narrators 💔 School Bullying

As Brave As You

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

A city kid's summer uncovers his blind grandfather's secrets and a family's definition of bravery.

4.05

8k+

🏙️ City To Country 👴👦 Grandparent Bond 👨‍🦯 Blind Grandparent

As Brave As You 85%

A city kid's summer uncovers his blind grandfather's secrets and a family's definition of bravery.

by Jason Reynolds 2016

4.05

8k+ ratings

🏙️ City To Country 👴👦 Grandparent Bond 👨‍🦯 Blind Grandparent

The Heart and the Fist

by Eric Greitens • 2011

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

4.12

10k+

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

The Heart and the Fist 85%

A humanitarian became a SEAL to gain what his goodwill lacked: the physical strength to act.

by Eric Greitens 2011

4.12

10k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Memoir ⚓ Navy Seal Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership

Stand Before Your God

by Paul Watkins • 1994

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

4.04

343

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education

Stand Before Your God 85%

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

by Paul Watkins 1994

4.04

343 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education

The Crimson Skew

by S.E. Grove • 2016

A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.

4.04

2k+

🕰️ Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 🫂 Found Family

The Crimson Skew 85%

A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.

by S.E. Grove 2016

4.04

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Alternate History 🧠 Memory Magic 🫂 Found Family

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Missing Piece 85%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Thing About Jellyfish

by Ali Benjamin • 2015

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

4.10

45k+

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend

The Thing About Jellyfish 85%

After her best friend drowns, a girl stops speaking and searches for answers in jellyfish.

by Ali Benjamin 2015

4.10

45k+ ratings

🔬 Young Scientist 🤫 Chosen Silence 💔 Grieving A Friend

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

The Teacher of Nomad Land 85%

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025

4.15

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees

The Star Outside My Window

by Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

4.31

3k+

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion

The Star Outside My Window 85%

A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.

by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019

4.31

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care Story 🤝 Found Family 👫 Sibling Devotion

The Skin I'm In

by Sharon G. Flake • 2000

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

4.16

17k+

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher

The Skin I'm In 85%

Bullied for dark skin, Maleeka hides in borrowed clothes. A scarred teacher challenges the mirror.

by Sharon G. Flake 2000

4.16

17k+ ratings

🎨 Colorism 💔 Toxic Friendship 📚 Mentor Teacher

Star Girl

by Jerry Spinelli • 2000

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

3.77

337k+

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love

Star Girl 85%

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

by Jerry Spinelli 2000

3.77

337k+ ratings

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor • 1969

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

3.80

39k+

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

The Cay 85%

Shipwrecked and blinded, a prejudiced boy must trust an old West Indian sailor to survive.

by Theodore Taylor 1969

3.80

39k+ ratings

🏝️ Stranded On An Island 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏕️ Survival Skills

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

by Christopher Paul Curtis • 1995

A Black family drives to Birmingham, 1963, to tame their wild son. The South has other plans.

4.01

71k+

🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🚗 Family Road Trip 🇺🇸 1960s America

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Summary

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 85%

A Black family drives to Birmingham, 1963, to tame their wild son. The South has other plans.

by Christopher Paul Curtis 1995

4.01

71k+ ratings

🗳️ Civil Rights Era 🚗 Family Road Trip 🇺🇸 1960s America

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum • 1900

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

4.00

516k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 85%

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

by L. Frank Baum 1900

4.00

516k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The View from Saturday

by E.L. Konigsburg • 1996

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

3.76

47k+

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives

The View from Saturday 85%

A paraplegic teacher picks four misfits for an Academic Bowl team that wins more than trophies.

by E.L. Konigsburg 1996

3.76

47k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🏆 Academic Competition 🧩 Interwoven Narratives

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois • 1947

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

3.95

26k+

🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions

The Twenty-One Balloons 85%

A reclusive balloonist crash-lands on Krakatoa, where a hidden utopia runs on diamonds and dinner.

by William Pène du Bois 1947

3.95

26k+ ratings

🎈 Balloon Adventure 🏝️ Hidden Utopia 🔧 Whimsical Inventions

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

The New Girl 85%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

by Joan Didion • 1968

At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.

4.18

85k+

✍️ New Journalism 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌸 California Counterculture

Slouching Towards Bethlehem 85%

At the continent's edge, the American dream frays into murder, lost children, self-deception.

by Joan Didion 1968

4.18

85k+ ratings

✍️ New Journalism 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🌸 California Counterculture

The Wednesday Wars

by Gary D. Schmidt • 2007

Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker: Shakespeare, eraser dust, and Holling's certainty she wants him gone.

4.12

48k+

📜 Shakespeare In School 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🌅 Bittersweet Coming Of Age

The Wednesday Wars 85%

Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker: Shakespeare, eraser dust, and Holling's certainty she wants him gone.

by Gary D. Schmidt 2007

4.12

48k+ ratings

📜 Shakespeare In School 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 🌅 Bittersweet Coming Of Age

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age

The Other Wes Moore 85%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age

The Girl With a Mind for Math

by Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

4.41

747

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Girl With a Mind for Math 85%

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

by Julia Finley Mosca 2018

4.41

747 ratings

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass • 2006

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

4.02

20k+

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Summary

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life 85%

Four lost keys, his dead dad's locked box, and one summer to open it before thirteen.

by Wendy Mass 2006

4.02

20k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Box Mystery 🌞 Summer Quest 🖤 Grief Journey

The Eagle of the Ninth

by Rosemary Sutcliff • 1954

A Roman centurion and freed gladiator search for the lost eagle of the vanished Ninth Legion.

3.94

12k+

🏛️ Roman Britain 🛡️ Quest For Honor 🤝 Cross-Cultural Bond

The Eagle of the Ninth 85%

A Roman centurion and freed gladiator search for the lost eagle of the vanished Ninth Legion.

by Rosemary Sutcliff 1954

3.94

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Roman Britain 🛡️ Quest For Honor 🤝 Cross-Cultural Bond

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite de Angeli • 1949

Crippled and alone in plague-stricken London, a noble boy seeks a hidden path forward.

3.78

21k+

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏰 Medieval England 🦽 Disabled Protagonist

The Door in the Wall 85%

Crippled and alone in plague-stricken London, a noble boy seeks a hidden path forward.

by Marguerite de Angeli 1949

3.78

21k+ ratings

🌱 Coming Of Age 🏰 Medieval England 🦽 Disabled Protagonist

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All 85%

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Before the Ever After

by Jacqueline Woodson • 2020

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

4.17

16k+

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group

Before the Ever After 85%

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

by Jacqueline Woodson 2020

4.17

16k+ ratings

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group

Kiki and Jacques

by Susan Ross • 2015

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

3.74

151

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief

Kiki and Jacques 85%

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

by Susan Ross 2015

3.74

151 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief

The Dreamer

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 2010

Neftalí collects beetles and scribbles poems in secret. His father demands a practical son.

3.98

8k+

🎵 Lyrical Middle Grade ✍️ Childhood Of A Poet 👨 Stern Father Figure

The Dreamer 85%

Neftalí collects beetles and scribbles poems in secret. His father demands a practical son.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 2010

3.98

8k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Middle Grade ✍️ Childhood Of A Poet 👨 Stern Father Figure

Black Brother, Black Brother

by Jewell Parker Rhodes • 2020

Arrested because he's Black, a prep school boy trains to beat the bully captain at fencing.

4.17

8k+

🖤 Colorism 🤺 Fencing 👥 Brotherhood

Black Brother, Black Brother 85%

Arrested because he's Black, a prep school boy trains to beat the bully captain at fencing.

by Jewell Parker Rhodes 2020

4.17

8k+ ratings

🖤 Colorism 🤺 Fencing 👥 Brotherhood

Gathering Blue

by Lois Lowry • 2000

Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.

3.83

211k+

🏚️ Quiet Dystopia 🎨 Art And Control 👩‍🦯 Disability And Resilience

Gathering Blue 85%

Spared for her needlework, a disabled orphan discovers she's an artist in a gilded prison.

by Lois Lowry 2000

3.83

211k+ ratings

🏚️ Quiet Dystopia 🎨 Art And Control 👩‍🦯 Disability And Resilience

The Freedom Writers Diary

by Erin Gruwell • 1999

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

4.15

19k+

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family

The Freedom Writers Diary 85%

When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.

by Erin Gruwell 1999

4.15

19k+ ratings

📔 Diary Format 🏫 Inner City Education 💛 Found Family

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson • 2014

Before she could read, she wrote. A Black girlhood in verse across the South and Brooklyn.

4.15

94k+

🎭 Memoir In Verse 🏚️ Jim Crow South ✍️ Young Writers

Brown Girl Dreaming 85%

Before she could read, she wrote. A Black girlhood in verse across the South and Brooklyn.

by Jacqueline Woodson 2014

4.15

94k+ ratings

🎭 Memoir In Verse 🏚️ Jim Crow South ✍️ Young Writers

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