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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

396 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Akala

340 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

A Kind of Spark #1

A Kind of Spark

Elle McNicoll

192 pages • 2020 • 25 editions

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Stormlight Archive #1

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

45h 30m • 2010 • 114 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

When Stars Are Scattered

Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed

264 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir middle grade emotional sad slow-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
There There by Tommy Orange

There There

Tommy Orange

292 pages • 2018 • 65 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, Shannon Watters

Lumberjanes #01-04

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy

Grace Ellis, ND Stevenson, Shannon Watters

128 pages • 2015 • 18 editions

fiction comics fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Layla F. Saad

337 pages • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

Everything Sad Is Untrue

Daniel Nayeri

7h 48m • 2020 • 18 editions

fiction middle grade emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

Nevermoor #1

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Jessica Townsend

465 pages • 2017 • 111 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
5.0 thebooksh...'s review