The Day You BeginThere will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it. Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael Lpez's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders

and truly free

who is both menacing and alluring

or else her entire journal will go public

Hunter explores the dynamics of growing up as a poor minority in a small town

Reclaiming Our Space is a survey of Black feminism's past

and the women of the Combahee River Collective

It brings to life past

and long-lasting classic in the making

The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the "100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life

With bold art and thoughtful yet playful text

What does a daddy do

she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school