Middle School

 As I began compiling books for the Middle School Classroom it became clear that this group had different needs. While picture books maintain relevance, Middle School students could gain more through graphic novels. Additionally the middle school naturally covers issues like immigration within its curriculum so the set months used for the rest of the school weren’t as applicable. For these reasons I purchased a set of graphic novels and labeled them with the
issues I saw represented. The novels, authors, and themes are below

● Frizzy – Claribel A. Ortega-Systemic Issues, Dominican-American Culture
● Buzzing – Samuel Sattin-LGBTQIA+, Mental Health
● Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists – Mikki Kendal-Women’s Rights, Black
Rights, Systemic Issues
● Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States – Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizIndigenous Peoples, Systemic Issues
● On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century – Timothy
Snyder-Systemic Issues,
● They Called Us Enemy – George Takei-Systemic Issues, Japanese American
Interment
● The Librarian of Auschwitz – Antonio Iturbe-Jes and Cin Wibowo-Systemic Issues
● Lunar Boy – LGBTQIA+, Non-Traditional Family
● Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi-Systemic Issues, Women’s Rights, Mental Health
● Upstaged – Robin Easter-LGBTQIA+
● Almost Sunset – Wahab Algarmi-Islamic Culture
● The Stonewall Riots, Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights – Archie
Bongiovanni-Systemic Issues, LGBTQIA+
● The Magic Fish -Trung Le Nguyen-Systemic Issues, LGBTQIA+, Vietnamese
culture
● Mexikid – Pedro Martin-Systemic Issues, Mexican American Issues,
Non-Traditional Families
● Invisible – Christina Diaz Gonzalez-Systemic Issues, Poverty