Jewish Separate because of numbers. Native American Covers all natives of the Western Hemisphere, whether North or South America. Search by keyword for more specific tribes such as Sioux or Mayan. Russian Separate because of numbers. Other Includes all ethnicities or nationalities not included in the above choices.
Protagonist means the main character in fiction as well as non-fiction, such as biographies.
But sometimes books include a significant number of words from other languages in an effort to enhance the representation of the culture, to promote understanding of other languages and cultures, or to provide a comfort level for non-native speakers. Most often these books are in Spanish, but other languages sometimes appear. The number of books of that language in the database appears in parentheses in the Language pull-down menu. For a single year, type the same year in both the boxes, for example 1994 to 1994. The awards given are the sources for the books in the database.