Alicia Abdul

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The Beautiful Struggle

Ta-Nehisi Coates | NONFICTION, Mar 01, 2021

While there has been an attempt to make this more accessible to a younger audience, the writing in the original is far stronger.

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Misfit in Love

S.K Ali | FICTION, Mar 01, 2021

Make sure this one is available for teens interested in a realistic story of faith, family, and friendships.

Stupid Black Girl: Essays from an American African

Aisha Redux | NONFICTION, Jan 08, 2021

Many readers will yearn for more from this debut writer. Educators will find the text to be useful in teaching antiracist curricula, and teens will see a lens that mirrors their experiences or gain knowledge of a compelling perspective.

Best Nonfiction 2020 | SLJ Best Books

Alicia Abdul, Heidi Grange, Kacy Helwick, Jennifer Knight, Vanessa Willoughby, Nov 23, 2020

Twenty sterling books made SLJ's list of the best nonfiction for children and teens published in 2020.

Foreshadow: Stories To Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA

| FICTION, Oct 01, 2020

Each story shines. An enduring anthology, appropriate for classroom use and recommended for all teen readers.

The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival

Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan | NONFICTION, Oct 01, 2020

A hopeful story of a girl’s survival and ultimate success. A must-read nonfiction addition to all libraries.

An Uncomfortable Truth: 12 books that discuss the 19th Amendment and the limits of women’s suffrage

Alicia Abdul, Aug 18, 2020

The year 2020 marks a century since women gained voting rights in the United States. While all of the books in this list tackle voting rights, they do so in myriad ways, from biographies of radical individuals like Frederick Douglass to novels about young activists to works of nonfiction that shed light on lesser-known narratives, such as the racism of the suffragists.