19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint o HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age Range: 12+
Awards: ALA Notable Children’s Book; Parents’ Choice Silver Honor; National Book Award Finalist (Young People’s Literature); ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults; School Library Journal Best Book; New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age; International Reading Association Notable Book for a Global Society; Horn Book Fanfare
Brown Girl Dreaming
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books, an Imprint of Penguin Group
Recommended Age Range: 10+
Awards: National Book Award Winner; Newbery Honor Book; Coretta Scott King Award; NAACP Image Award; Sibert Honor Award
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