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Alma and How She Got Her Name
By Juana Martinez-Neal, 2018
Alma feels her name is way too long, but after her father explains where each part comes from, she realizes she loves her whole name.
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
By Chana Stiefel, 2022
Yaffa loved living in her small idyllic town in Poland, helping her Grandma Alte take pictures of the town folk. Then the Nazis arrived and destroyed the town and people living in it. Years later Yaffa makes it her mission to find and collect pictures of the lost souls of the town.
Under My Hijab
By Hena Khan, 2019
An unnamed main character observes how women in her life express their personalities by wearing a hijab in public, and revealing their natural hair when in private.
I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us
By Andie Powers, 2022
Emile is not shy; he's just quiet. While most people see Emile as the shy kid who doesn't speak in class, as readers we see that Emile is full of imagination and creativity.
More than Peach: Changing the world...One crayon at at time!
By Bellen Woodard, 2022
Bellen Woodard is the first crayon activist who knew how important it was that people knew that skin can be many beautiful colors.
Beautifully Me
By Nabela Noor, 2021
Zubi learns the importance of loving your body and who you are.
What I am
By Divya Srinivasan, 2021
A young girl describes herself as many things and some even contradictory but that is what makes her a unique individual.
Sam is My Sister
By Ashley Rhodes-Courter, 2021
Sam born a boy but knows she is a girl and with the love and support of her family she is able to be her true self.
Not Quite Snow White
By Ashley Franklin, 2019
Tameika is excited to audition for the school's Snow White musical, but when she overhears her classmates say she is too tall, chubby and brown to play Snow White, she questions whether she is right for the part.
The Proudest Blue
By Ibtihaj Muhammad, 2019
Faizah tells about the first day of school which is also her older sister's first day wearing her new hijab. Asiya, her sister, is the target of bullying through which both girls learn strength.
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