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Windows & Mirrors suggestions: Middle Grade Titles

Characters looking for equity & justice

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices by Wade Hudson (Editor); Cheryl Willis Hudson (Editor)
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz; Renée Watson
ISBN: 9780374306106
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Marley Dias Gets It Done by Marley Dias
That Is My Dream! by Langston Hughes; Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)
Can I Touch Your Hair? by Charles Waters; Irene Latham
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz; Renée Watson
Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Voice of Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford
Unbound by Ann E. Burg
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The Long Ride

Great characters with different backgrounds

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Meg Wolitzer
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
So Done by Paula Chase
ISBN: 9780062691781
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Flying Lessons and Other Stories by Ellen Oh (Editor)
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Patina by Jason Reynolds
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres
Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Us, in Progress: Short Stories about Young Latinos by Lulu Delacre
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks; Gita Varadarajan
Love, Amalia by Alma Flor Ada; Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez by Robin Yardi
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
This Is All Your Fault, Cassie Parker by Terra Elan McVoy
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West; Leeza Hernandez (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534432697
Publication Date: 2018-12-18
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen by Debbi Michiko Florence
ISBN: 9780374304102
Publication Date: 2017-07-11
Miami Jackson Sees It Through by Patricia C. McKissack; Fredrick L. McKissack; Michael Chesworth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780307265135
Publication Date: 2002-12-10
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott; Geneva Geneva B (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781524770457
Publication Date: 2018-10-23
I Got This by Laurie Hernandez
ISBN: 9780062677310
Publication Date: 2017-01-24
Nina Soni, Former Best Friend by Kashmira Sheth
Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami

People in other lands/Coming to America

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Refugee by Alan Gratz
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Shooting Kabul by N. H. Senzai
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly; Lewis Trondheim
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour
Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg
Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
Laugh with the Moon by Shana Burg
In the Shadow of the Sun by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Tua and the Elephant by R. P. Harris; Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

Learning about/from people who are different/fitting in

We're Not from Here by Geoff Rodkey
New Kid by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062691194
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
Right As Rain by Lindsey Stoddard
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (Illustrator)
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
George by Álex Gino
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
Kira - Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Three Pennies by Melanie Crowder
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Gender Blender by Blake Nelson
ISBN: 0385746962
Take Down by Laura Shovan
ISBN: 9780553521412
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
ISBN: 9780553536744
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold; Charles Santoso (Illustrator)
Publication Date: 2017-03-14