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Celebrate Diverse Stories!

Pick up on of these "Walter Award" winning books to broaden your reading horizon!

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  • A high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy discovers the triumphs and hardships of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's life as a social justice advocate in this graphic novel! The 2026 winner!
    Graphic Novel, 2025California : Ten Speed Graphic, [2025]
  • A novel in verse about a Black teen with ADHD named Pernell who navigates summer school, rap battles and first love while learning to embrace his neurodiversity. The 2026 honor book!
    Book, 2025New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2025. — TEEN FICTION GOODWIN
  • In this semi-autobiographical collection of poems, Watson writes about her experience growing up as a young Black girl at the intersections of race, class and gender. The 2025 winner!
    Book, 2024New York : Kokila, 2024. — TEEN 811.6 WATSON
  • In 1506, Iseul defies danger to rescue her sister from the power of tyrannical King Yeonsan, while Prince Daehyun forms an uneasy alliance with Iseul. The 2025 honor book!
    Book, 2024New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — TEEN FICTION HUR
  • Brothers help a classmate in trouble, but then struggle with the consequences of their violent actions and worry they may be more like their abusive dad than they thought. The 2024 winner!
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023. — TEEN FICTION TISON
  • In the vein of "Grown" and "The Poet X," this searing and defiant novel in verse is about reclaiming agency after a sexual assault within the church community. The 2024 honor book!
    Book, 2023New York : Amulet Books, 2023. — TEEN FICTION SAWYERR
  • This horrifically haunting short story collection, written by a Cherokee author, masterfully intertwines Cherokee stories and illustrations. It's sure to make you start hearing all the spooky things that go bump in the night!
    Book, 2022Montclair : Levine Querido, [2022]. — TEEN FICTION ROGERS
  • Responsibility for his family's motel falls to Salahudin after his mother falls ill. Noor is secretly applying to colleges to escape from her uncle. Sal's plans to save the motel spiral out of control, and they must determine what is worth saving.
    Book, 2022New York : Razorbill, [2022] — TEEN FICTION TAHIR
  • Yami is attending catholic school and plans to keep her head down, but priorities shift when she discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — TEEN FICTION REYES