Social Themes - Violence

  • Please Pay Attention

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    Three starred reviews!

    A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn’t built for her in this “intimate, lyrical” (Publi

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    • Author: Sumner, Jamie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: March 10 2026
    • ISBN10: 1665956089
    • Language: English
  • After: A Survivor’s Story

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    Moving forward after a traumatic event isn’t easy, but finding community can help.

    After living through The Horrible Day, a young girl struggles to get the fear off her skin. Why is she still here wh

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    • Author: Adelman, Hallee
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: September 04 2025
    • ISBN10: 0807530956
    • Language: English
  • Please Pay Attention

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    A girl with cerebral palsy navigates loss, grief, and the aftermath of trauma following a school shooting in a world that wasn’t built for her in this deeply affecting novel in verse from Jamie Sumner[more below]

    • Author: Sumner, Jamie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 15 2025
    • ISBN10: 1665956070
    • Language: English
  • Every Story Ever Told

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    In this life-affirming novel of trauma and recovery, a girl searches for a path forward after being forced to confront the reality of gun violence, for fans of Dusti Bowling and Jasmine Warga.

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    • Author: Polonsky, Ami
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: October 29 2024
    • ISBN10: 0316570974
    • Language: English
  • Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence

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    This important follow-up to the bestselling, groundbreaking, and inspiring Something Happened in Our Town, is a much-needed story to help communities in the aftermath of gun violence.

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    • Series: Something Happened
    • Author: Hazzard, Ann
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: April 27 2021
    • ISBN10: 1433835215
    • Language: English
  • All American Boys

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    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children s Literature.
    In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award winning novel, two teens one bla… [more below]

    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 0
    • Publish Date: August 26 2021
    • ISBN10: 1432878603
    • Language: English
  • Bamboo People

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    Top Ten ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
    Junior Library Guild Selection

    Starred Reviews in Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal
    BookPage‘s “Top Ten Middle Grade Novels”

    A refugee and child so

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    • Author: Perkins, Mitali
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: July 01 2012
    • ISBN10: 1580893295
    • Language: English
  • Ghost of Spirit Bear

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    In award-winning author Ben Mikaelsen’s riveting sequel to the acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller Touching Spirit Bear, readers will be captivated by what Booklist calls a “hugely satisfying resolutio

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    • Series: Spirit Bear #2
    • Author: Mikaelsen, Ben
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: March 30 2010
    • ISBN10: 006009009X
    • Language: English
  • All American Boys

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    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children s Literature.
    In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award winning novel, two teens one bla… [more below]

    • Author: Reynolds, Jason
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 0
    • Publish Date: August 26 2021
    • ISBN10: 1432878603
    • Language: English
  • The Composition

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    Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awards and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title

    Life is simple for Pedro — he goes to school, does his homework and, most import

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    • Author: Skarmeta, Antonio
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: March 05 2003
    • ISBN10: 0888995504
    • Language: English
  • Why?: A Timeless Story Told Without Words

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    A frog and a mouse fall into an argument over a flower in this wordless modern classic, perfect for starting conversations with children about peace, conflict, warfare, and the importance of de-escala[more below]

    • Author: Popov, Nikolai
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: October 26 2021
    • ISBN10: 1662650833
    • Language: English
  • Caged Warrior

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    A ferocious novel, Caged Warrior is like a great fight movie, a tour-de-force of relentless conflict, but one that is leavened with rich characters and meaningful and loving relationships.
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    • Series: Caged Warrior
    • Author: Sitomer, Alan Lawrence
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 28 2015
    • ISBN10: 1484722809
    • Language: English
  • La Rencilla de la Mantequilla (the Butter Battle Book Spanish Edition)

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    Una edici?n en rima y en espa?ol del cl?sico y oportuno libro de Dr. Seuss sobre el respeto a las diferencias!

    La rencilla de la mantequilla, el cl?sico cuento con moraleja de Dr. Seuss, presenta a

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    • Series: Classic Seuss
    • Author: Dr Seuss
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: January 04 2022
    • ISBN10: 1984831593
    • Language: Spanish
  • Drive-By

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    “Jimmy always told me there were only two kinds of gangbangers: Those who were dead and those who were going to die. Joining a gang doesn’t make sense to Jimmy…”

    Jimmy is dead now–gunned down in fro

    • Series: Harper Trophy Books (Paperback)
    • Author: Ewing, Lynne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 96
    • Publish Date: March 24, 2023
    • ISBN10: 0064406490
    • Language: English
  • Smoky Night

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    In this Caldecott Medal-winning modern classic, a young boy and his mother witness the Los Angeles riots from the safety of shelter after being forced to leave their apartment.

    Winner of the 1995 Cal

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    • Author: Bunting, Eve
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: April 01 1999
    • ISBN10: 0152018840
    • Language: English
  • Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan

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    Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor – American Library Association (ALA)

    Based on heartbreaking yet inspirational true events in the lives of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Brothers in Hope is a story

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  • The Shape of Thunder

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    An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing–and how friendship can be magical.

    Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend,

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    • Author: Warga, Jasmine
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: May 11 2021
    • ISBN10: 0062956671
    • Language: English
  • If I Grow Up

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    In a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his frie… [more below]

    • Author: Strasser, Todd
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: February 23 2010
    • ISBN10: 1416994432
    • Language: English
  • The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year)

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    The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss’s classic cautionary tale, introduces readers to the important lesson of respecting differences. The Yooks and Zooks share a love of buttered bread, but animosity br… [more below]

    • Series: Classic Seuss
    • Author: Dr Seuss
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 56
    • Publish Date: January 12 1984
    • ISBN10: 0394865804
    • Language: English
  • The Shape of Thunder

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    An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor-winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing–and how friendship can be magical.

    Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend,

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    • Author: Warga, Jasmine
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: May 03 2022
    • ISBN10: 006295668X
    • Language: English
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