Books I have read in 2019 (including picture books* and research**):
- We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor**
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- My Heart by Corinna Luyken*
- Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora*
- Odd One Out by Nic Stone
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford*
- The House of Lost and Found by Martin Widmark*
- Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome*
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
- Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John Warner**
- Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot (The Unicorn Rescue Society #2) by Adam Gidwitz
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (REREAD)
- It’s Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk*
- Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
- Narwhal’s Otter Friend by Ben CLanton*
- I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel*
- Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by various authors
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Racism and Intolerance by Louise Spilsbury*
- Global Conflict by Louise Spilsbury*
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin*
- Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
- The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
- The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
- Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner
- Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Asking for It by Louise O’Neill
- Because by Mo Willems*
- Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
- Cicada by Shaun Tan*
- Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller*
- Circle by Mac Barnett*
- Dandy by Ame Dyckman*
- Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman*
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander*
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (REREAD)
- The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (REREAD)
- Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys (REREAD)
- Cilla Lee-Jenkins: This Book is a Classic by Susan Tan
- American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures edited by America Ferrera
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (REREAD)
- Bat and the End of Everything by Elana K. Arnold
- Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt (REREAD)
- WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (REREAD)
- I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong*
- Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat*
- Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero*
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (REREAD)
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
- The Size of the Truth by Andrew Smith
- Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
- When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff*
- She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton*
- Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry*
- How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace*
- The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- Sadie by Courtney Summers **SUMMER BREAK**
- After the Fire by Will Hill
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander*
- Beyoncé: Shine Your Light by Sarah Warren*
- Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
- The Line Tender by Kate Allen
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
- Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
- Educated by Tara Westover
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (reread)
- Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez*
- Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (reread)
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- What Is Given From the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack*
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
- Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loïc Dauvilier
- Beyond Literary Analysis by Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell**
- Under My Hijab by Hena Khan*
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming
- They Call Us Enemy by George Takei
- This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
- The First (Endling #2) by Katherine Applegate
- Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle*
- Unicorns 101 by Cale Atkinson*
- Unicorn Is Maybe Not So Good After All by Bob Shea*
**END OF SUMMER BREAK** - An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United State for Young People by Debbie Reese (Adaptor)
- Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed**
- Brave the Page by National Novel Writing Month
- Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story by Susan Tan
- Frankly In Love by David Yoon
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor*
- Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
- The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault (Adaptor)
- Truman by Jean Reidy*
- My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
- Exile from Eden (Grasshopper Jungle #2) by Andrew Smith
- Slay by Brittney Morris
- Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
- Momentous Events In the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Dory Fantasmagory: Tiny Tough by Abby Hanlon
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman (REREAD)
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (REREAD)
- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
- Redwood and Ponytail by K. A. Holt
- Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (REREAD)
- Thirteen Dooryways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
- The Toll by Neal Shusterman
- Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
- Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o*
- The Crayons’ Christmas by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers*
- I Am Love: A Book of Compassion by Susan Verde*
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (REREAD)
- Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Parker Curry*
- Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard*
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (REREAD)
- Kevin the Unicorn: It’s Not All Rainbows by Jessika Von Innerebner*
- The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry*
- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad*
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
- The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird*
- Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty*
- Bruce’s Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgins*
- The Year We Fell From Space by A. S. King