2025 Notable Books for a Global Society
A Map for Falasteen
By Maysa Odeh
Illus. Aliaa Betawi
Henry Holt and Company
A Two Placed Heart
By Nguyen, D.P.
Lee and Low Books.
Aloha Everything
By George, K.M.
Illus. Waite, M.
Red Comet Press
And Then Boom
By Fipps, L.
Nancy Paulsen Books
Barrio Rising: The Protest that Built Chicano Park
By Maria Dolores Aguila
Illus. Magdalena Mora
Dial Books
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Buffalo Dreamer
By Violet Duncan
Nancy Paulsen Books
Do You Know Them? Families Lost after the Civil War
By Shana Keller
Illus. Laura Freeman
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II
By Candace Fleming
Scholastic Books
Everything We Never Had
By Randy Ribay
Penguin Group
Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming
By Steve Asbel
Lee & Low Books
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
By Breanna J. McDaniel
Illus. April Harrison
Dial Books
Home in a Lunchbox
By Cherry Mo
Penguin Workshop
Kareen Between
By Shifa Saltagi Safadi
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Hibachuffa
By Leslie Stall Widener
Illus. Johnson Yazzie
Charlesbridge Publisher
Missing Momma
By Winsome Bingham
Illus. Rahele Jomepour Bell
Abrams Books for Young Readers
My Name is Long as a River
By Suma Subramaniam
Illus. Tara Anand
Penguin Workshop
Puzzled: A Memoir Growing Up with OCD
By Pan Cooke
Rocky Pond Books
The Color of a Lie
By Kim Johnson
Random House
The Rock in My Throat
By Kao Kalia Yang
Illus. Jiemel Lin
Carolrhoda Books
This Book Won’t Burn
By Samira Ahmed
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Threads: Zlatas Ukranian Skirt
By Lima Maslo
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Where Wolves Don’t Die
By Anton Treur
Levine Querido
Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl
By Erica Lee Schlaikjer
Illus. Cinyee Chiu
Translator Shan Li Bannai Serasis
Sleeping Bear Press
Who Needs a Statue?
By Eve Laplante & Margy Burnsknight
Illus. Alix Delinois
Tilbury House Publishers
Zara’s Wash Day: (Know Your Hairatage)
By Zenda Walker
Illus. Princess Karibo
Running Press Kids
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