Today Is Different

by Doua Moua

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Pub Date Apr 05 2022 | Archive Date Apr 30 2022

Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Books ®

Children's Fiction | Multicultural Interest | OwnVoices

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Description

Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best friends. They do everything together—riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at recess. But one day Kiara misses school and Mai goes looking for answers. When she learns that her best friend is protesting an act of police violence against the Black community, Mai decides to join the protest too. Her parents at first want to protect her by keeping her at home, but she shows them that standing together makes all of us stronger.

Advance Praise

"Today Is Different speaks to overcoming fears, the importance of coming together as community, and the strength derived from young people being engaged, and I highly recommend it. This is what changing the future looks like." —Alan Page, author, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, and retired NFL player

"[W]ritten with both nuance and directness by Doua Moua, and beautifully illustrated by Kim Holt, Today is Different adds to a very necessary conversation we should all be having." —Bao Phi, author of A Different Pond

"With simple yet poignant prose, Today Is Different fosters compassion and connection among young readers." —Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre and Newbery Honor-winning book Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

"Today Is Different speaks to overcoming fears, the importance of coming together as community, and the strength derived from young people being engaged, and I highly recommend it. This is what...