The author of the popular Aru Shah series has a new book focusing on Filipino folklore! The Rick Riordan Presents books are always a big hit with young teen readers. (Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, selects books that would appeal to his readers and feature world mythology by authors from the cultures they're writing about. He writes a short intro and uses his brand to promote them, but the content is totally generated by the authors themselves.) Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander
The author of the popular Aru Shah series has a new book focusing on Filipino folklore! The Rick Riordan Presents books are always a big hit with young teen readers. (Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, selects books that would appeal to his readers and feature world mythology by authors from the cultures they're writing about. He writes a short intro and uses his brand to promote them, but the content is totally generated by the authors themselves.)
Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander
Set in Seattle, this story takes place in a single day--Indigenous Peoples' Day--and one girl's feelings of both isolation and belonging throughout. I really like the way it balances big picture ideas of heritage and identity with everyday concerns like asking your crush to the big dance. As Walt Whitman might have said: Middle schoolers are vast; they contain multitudes! Race & Ethnicity | Indigenous
Set in Seattle, this story takes place in a single day--Indigenous Peoples' Day--and one girl's feelings of both isolation and belonging throughout. I really like the way it balances big picture ideas of heritage and identity with everyday concerns like asking your crush to the big dance. As Walt Whitman might have said: Middle schoolers are vast; they contain multitudes!
Race & Ethnicity | Indigenous
True story, my dad used to "punish" my sister and I for fighting by making us sit on the couch holding hands for five minutes. It always ended in a massive fit of the giggles. This graphic novel from prolific children's author Saadia Faruqi uses the same tactic on the squabbling twins in this story, forcing them to spend a week at the beach together. Only instead of having the giggles, they get to rescue a sea turtle! Religion | Muslim
True story, my dad used to "punish" my sister and I for fighting by making us sit on the couch holding hands for five minutes. It always ended in a massive fit of the giggles. This graphic novel from prolific children's author Saadia Faruqi uses the same tactic on the squabbling twins in this story, forcing them to spend a week at the beach together. Only instead of having the giggles, they get to rescue a sea turtle!
Religion | Muslim
An absolutely true family road trip graphic novel about the time Pedro's family drove to Mexico to bring his grandpa--a Mexican Revolutionary War veteran with a library of epic stories--back to the US to live with them. Hand this one to fans of graphic novel memoirs like Sisters and Chunky. Also available in Spanish! Language | Spanish
An absolutely true family road trip graphic novel about the time Pedro's family drove to Mexico to bring his grandpa--a Mexican Revolutionary War veteran with a library of epic stories--back to the US to live with them. Hand this one to fans of graphic novel memoirs like Sisters and Chunky. Also available in Spanish!
Language | Spanish
