Jerome is twelve and mostly just a quiet kid, until one day when he is playing with a friend’s toy
gun. A police officer mistakes him for a threat and shoots him. But this isn’t the end of Jerome’s
story. As a ghost, Jerome meets Emmett Till, another boy who was killed in a racially charged
misunderstanding. Jerome learns about Emmett’s life and the aftermath of his own death. Through
the two stories, more questions are asked than answered, in a necessary exploration about the
prejudices of society.
Ghost Boys
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Harbor Me
Six kids meet weekly in the ARTT (A Room to Talk) room without any adults and discover a safe haven to share their struggles and to find support. Issues of identity, bullying, racism, immigration, incarceration and more are shared and as each story unfolds in this safe space the students find courage, hope, and strength in the community they’ve created and the bonds they’ve made.
Wishtree
Red is an oak tree that offers wishes and refuge to the people and animals of a neighborhood.Red shows great wisdom and heart as he welcomes a new family which is experiencing a difficult transition.
It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
Dumas, Firoozeh. It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
Recently moved to Newport Beach, California, Zomorod Yousefzadeh’s plan for fitting in at her new middle school starts with having an American name, Cindy— like on The Brady Bunch. She dreams of joining the Girl Scouts, making American friends, having a beanbag chair, and fitting in for once. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes headlines with protests, a revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages.
Stella by Starlight
When the Ku Klux Klan’s 
unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella’s segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era story story. Stella’s community—her world—is upended as she begins to see people in a different light.
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
This is a journalistic look at the disastrous hurricane that leveled New Orleans in August 2005, brought to grim life through graphic novel style illustrations. A dramatic tale with text that ranges from simple, factual sentences to quotations from an extensive collection of books and media.