https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/6/young-adult-books-by-black-authors-about-ballet monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591495063309-U6UN6ND21EWWFGSOG2IP/18710209.jpg Blog - Young Adult Books About Black Girls who are passionate About Ballet - Tiny Pretty Things Authors: Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra Description: Tiny Pretty Things is a contemporary young adult novel set in a prestigious ballet school in New York City. It follows three ballet dancers who are competitive and ruthless in their goals of becoming the best prima ballerina. One dancer is the only Black ballet dancer at their school, another is white, and the final is biracial Korean American. Includes: #Black #eastasian #korean #biracial #multipleperspectives #femaleprotagonist #ballet Citation: Clayton, D. & Charaipotra, S. (2015). Tiny Pretty Things. HarperCollins. 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Includes: #africanamerican #black #contemporary #ballet #femaleprotagonist Citation: Hewett, L. (1999). Dancer. Puffin Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591495116537-1FVX0R0D3N9PWHGKU537/28354933.jpg Blog - Young Adult Books About Black Girls who are passionate About Ballet - Pointe Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Pointe is a contemporary young adult mystery novel. It follows a Black female ballet dancer who is recovering from disordered eating and her friend who returns from being kidnapped. When her best friend returns safely from being kidnapped for 4 years, he starts having post traumatic stress (PTSD) related to his abductor. This book deals with kidnapping, eating disorders, rape, drugs, ballet, and friendships. Includes: #Black #africanamerican #femaleprotagonist #ballet #mentalhealth #PTSD Citation: Colbert, B. (2014). Pointe. Penguin. 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Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/6/black-jewish-teens-in-young-adult-literature monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591512427884-J6AMAZ0D13CF8ZB1YLH2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Black Jewish Teens in Young Adult Literature by Black Authors - Color Me In Author: Natasha Diaz Description: Color Me In is a contemporary novel about a biracial Black and white Jewish teen who is white passing. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she moves to Harlem where she has a hard time fitting in with her family and her new community. She is stuck between two cultures, that of her new Black community and that of her posh private school. When her dad decides to throw her a belated bat mitzvah instead of a Sweet 16, she doesn’t know where she belongs. Includes: #africanamerican #black #biracial #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism Citation: Diaz, N. (2019). Color me in. Delacorte. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591512460215-9X3VWQQXCL4TND491EK9/36546606.jpg Blog - Black Jewish Teens in Young Adult Literature by Black Authors - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/18/young-adult-books-by-black-authors-with-main-characters-who-speak-american-sign-language-asl monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592516638131-6XUE6LFWVQQQSQRKEYJA/39085465._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult Books By Black Authors With Main Characters Who Speak American Sign Language (ASL) - A Song Below Water Author: Bethany C. Morrow Description: A Song Below Water is a grounded fantasy novel set in the Pacific Northwest city of Portland. The book follows two Black teenage girls, one who is a siren and the other who is an unknown magical being. Forced to keep her siren identity secret due to the stigma placed on Black women sirens, one protagonist uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate when her voice feels like too much. The other main character, who is discovering her magical connection, uses ASL to communicate when performing as an underwater mermaid in the local renaissance fairs. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and womanhood. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #sayhername #sirens #americansignlanguage #ASL #fantasy #magic #alternativeworlds #youngadultliterature Citation: Morrow, B.C. (2020). A Song Below Water. Tor Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592516659154-RIMGW8PWJ61DG4G4FSKP/272334._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult Books By Black Authors With Main Characters Who Speak American Sign Language (ASL) - Feathers Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Feathers is a coming of age story set in the 1970’s about a Black girl whose brother is deaf and whose mother is dealing with depression. The story picks up when a new boy arrives at the protagonists school. Like her, he speaks both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). Unlike her, he is white. The two build a connection as she learns to re-frame her viewpoint on her brother’s deafness, her mom’s fear, and her own school community. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and disability. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #historical #youngadultliterature Citation: Woodson, J. (2007). Feathers. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/15/young-adult-amp-middle-grade-books-about-transracial-adoption monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592266202880-HTU3RFPQJB12MNXOO7JB/When+The+Black+Girl+Sings.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books by Black Authors About Transracial Adoption - When The Black Girl Sings Author: Bil Wright Description: When The Black Girl Sings is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a Black teen girl who is a transracial adoptee. When her parents begin to discuss divorce, she sides with her mother and the two begin attending a local church with an amazing gospel choir. Simultaneously, her teacher nominates her for a talent show and she decides to join the church choir to improve her singing. There she finds more than song, she finds community. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #divorce #choir #singing #youngadultliterature Citation: Wright, B. (2008). When The Black Girl Sings. Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592265851107-EJ2BVOF9MVT64B2OM439/How+To+Be+Remy+Cameron.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books by Black Authors About Transracial Adoption - How To Be Remy Cameron Author: Julian Winters Description: How To Be Remy Cameron is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a Black high school junior boy who is a transracial adoptee. After being assigned an essay in his AP Literature class asking him to define himself, he dives into questions of self discovery. He is Black, gay, adopted, popular, a good son, a loving brother, and still discovering what else he is. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #hope #joy #LGBTQIA+ #youngadultliterature Citation: Winters, J. (2019). How To Be Remy Cameron. Duet. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592265781063-NJWQJLFTBWJLDN5LSR51/For+Black+Girls+Like+Me.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books by Black Authors About Transracial Adoption - For Black Girls Like Me Author: Mariama J. Lockington Description: For Black Girls Like Me is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of a Black 11-year-old girl who is a transracial adoptee. When she and her family move to New Mexico, she leaves behind her only friend who understands what it is like to be a Black transracial adoptee. Told through lyrical prose and verse, this middle grade book deals with microaggressions, family dynamics, connectedness, and hope. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #verse #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Lockington, M.J. (2019). For Black Girls Like Me. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592274120208-VVFLCL4DC9IREPASGPUJ/52074946._SX318_SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books by Black Authors About Transracial Adoption - See No Color Author: Shannon Gibney Description: See No Color is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a 16-year-old biracial Black teen girl who is a transracial adoptee and a baseball player. When she finds the letters from her biological father that her parents kept from her, she begins to question who she really is and what it really means to be Black. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #biracial #baseball #sports #youngadultliterature Citation: Gibney, S. (2015). See no color. Carolrhoda Lab. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/5/young-adult-amp-middle-grade-black-verse-novels monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591396623150-X2JE1T1NCOTTWKFKT92C/18263725.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - Crossover Author: Kwame Alexander Description: The Crossover is a verse novel about family, basketball, growing up, and the consequences of following the rules. This book centers around a male protagonist. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #versenovel #sports #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Alexander, K. (2014). The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591396378016-BKRG30PCETBVPAFCNVY3/20821284.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - Brown Girl Dreaming Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Brown Girl Dreaming is an essential verse memoir of the author’s childhood. Woodson shares the experience of growing up as a young Black girl in the 1960 and 1970s in South Carolina and New York where the civil rights movement was growing. Despite having difficulty learning to read as a child, Woodson’s love of writing grows and grows. Includes: #black #africanamerican #versenovel #memoir #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Woodson, J. (2014). Locomotion. Speak. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591396323912-30E5NCOMM8HDW1GAZ430/22552026._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - Long Way Down Author: Jason Reynolds Description: Long Way Down is a contemporary verse novel told during the span of one elevator ride in which the protagonist has to decide what he is going to do about the death of his brother. The book features an African American male main character. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #intergenerationalviolence #grief #trauma #versenovel #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Reynolds, J. (2017). Long Way Down. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591396215090-5BG4Q6JFI9J9SH9UM3EI/33294200._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - The Poet X Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: The Poet X is a verse novel about an Afro-Latina girl growing up in Brooklyn as she questions her faith, struggles with her family, and learns how to share her voice as a poet. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #black #versenovel #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Acevedo, E. (2018). The Poet X. New York: Harperteen. 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Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591398393399-CNG05RZJ31J9TJD56FBD/52696938._SX318_SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - The Black Flamingo Author: Dean Atta Description: The Black Falmingo is a verse novel about a biracial Black Jamaican and Greek gay teen growing up in the United Kingdom. He struggles to feel like fits in to either side of his identity until he starts University and finds a way to express himself through drag, under the drag name The Black Flamingo. Includes: #jamaican #british #greek #black #versenovel #contemporary #LGBTQIA #drag #biracial #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Atta, D. (2020). The black flamingo. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591396163001-24JGG0ZGX5RQGWCQ3TK1/8355975._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - Dark Sons Author: Nikki Grimes Description: Dark Sons is a verse novel told through alternating perspectives of Ishmael from the Bible and a contemporary Black teen boy. Both grapple with the abandonment of their fathers and their love of their half-brothers despite the fact that their father’s seem to love their half-brothers more. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #christianity #family #versenovel #contemporary #biblical #youngadultliterature Citation: Grimes, N. (2007). Dark Sons. Jump At The Sun. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591397863356-MLGR7MWI0CARZLRPC7W1/294874.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Black Verse Novels - Street Love Author: Walter Dean Myers Description: Street Love is a verse novel retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in an urban context. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonist #versenovel #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Myers W. D. (2006). Street love. Amistad Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/6/black-bisexual-amp-pansexual-young-adult-literature monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591514333107-1ZQE5P0CF6SN5RZKICXF/37941689.jpg Blog - Black Bisexual Young Adult Literature - Home and Away Author: Candice Montgomery Description: Home and Away is a contemporary coming of age novel about a Black teen girl from a wealthy family. She goes through a journey of thinking about her identity as Black and what that means to her. She also builds a friendship and relationship with an artsy bisexual boy. Includes: #black #bisexual #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Montgomery, C. (2018). Home and away. Page Street Kids. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591514235464-BUQ84XY9V0XOPNAQDDWA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Black Bisexual Young Adult Literature - Odd One Out Author: Nic Stone Description: Odd One Out is a contemporary novel about three friends and their complicated love triangle. The triangle includes bisexual love interests and three alternating perspectives. Includes: #bisexual #lovetriangle #interraciallove #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #latinx #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist Citation: Stone, N. (2018). Odd One Out. Crown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591514069869-1G7IL4HURKDQX9STQM2O/31625039._SY475_.jpg Blog - Black Bisexual Young Adult Literature - Let’s Talk About Love Author: Claire Kann Description: Let’s Talk About Love is a contemporary love story between an African American bi-romantic asexual girl and a Japanese American boy. Includes: #bisexual #asexual #biromantic #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #japanese #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove Citation: Kann, C. (2018). Let’s Talk About Love. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591514104652-AJ60ZTKUQ99E7C88NGHU/36546606.jpg Blog - Black Bisexual Young Adult Literature - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/4/black-trans-young-adult-literature monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591330342905-7JNVB2QTHM2M286URUBN/51931067.jpg Blog - Black Trans Young Adult Literature - Felix Ever After Author: Kacen Callender Description: Felix Ever After is a contemporary coming of age novel with a Black trans boy main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and grapples with how those identities affect how others perceive him in the world and his fears that these intersecting identities might mean that he will never find his happily ever after. This story has blackmailing, love triangles, revenge, and learning to love who you are. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Callender, K. (2020). Felix ever after. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591330291734-UB0THMNG55TRJ0BUV2MS/38612739.jpg Blog - Black Trans Young Adult Literature - Pet Author: Akwaeke Emezi Description: Pet is an Afrofuturistic novel with a Black trans girl main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and lives in a futuristic utopian society that has rid itself of many forms of systemic inequity. Despite this semi-utopia, the protagonists grapples with the hidden monsters within her society and what it means to be a teen who sees the truth when all the adults around them are in denial. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Emezi, A. (2019). Pet. Make Me a World. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/4/dear-martin-middle-schooler-review monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591319633108-JBD37O7J90LZIC6ZE65W/24974996.jpg Blog - Middle Schooler Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone - Dear Martin Author: Nic Stone Reviewer: Ikram, 13, San Francisco Review: “I rated this book 5 stars because it was really heartwarming and the message goes straight to the heart and it was powerful. The book reflected how black people still experience discrimination and racism. The book was very touching and it had a very important life lesson which was to never judge a book by its cover, Nic Stone is a great author who writes book that touch the heart. I would recommend.” https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/4/links-to-black-owned-independent-bookstores monthly 0.5 2020-06-16 https://www.everybodybooks.com/blog/2020/6/4/young-adult-amp-middle-grade-books-that-address-police-brutality monthly 0.5 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591296905793-QKX4Y6QEXTEQ1QRZPS2Z/34647324._SX318_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - Ghost Boys Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Description: Ghost Boys is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of the ghost of a 12-year-old Black boy who was shot and killed by the police. He observes his community in mourning as they process the grief at the loss of his life. The protagonist meets a fellow ghost, Emmett Till, who was also killed through an act of anti-Black racism. The ghost of Emmett Till is based on the real life story of Emmett Till who was a real life Black boy who was lynched and killed in Mississippi in 1955. Emmett helps the protagonist process and deal with his own death and reckon with the legacy of anti-Black violence and police brutality within the history of the United States. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #history #lynching #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary Citation: Parker Rhodes, J. (2018). Ghost Boys. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297355874-CCNOUWAYFSME9J2KGVR5/42642157.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - Light It Up Author: Kekla Magoon Description: Light It Up tells the story of a community during the aftermath of an act of police violence against a 13-year-old Black girl who was shot and killed by the police. Told through multiple perspectives, this book discusses the repeated nature of police brutality and the community reckoning with the idea that police violence against Black people by the police keeps happening and nothing is changing. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary Citation: Magoon, K. (2019). Light It Up. New York, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591296809907-RBP8QNOJW9TWI3ME6TE2/38251243.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - A Good Kind of Trouble Author: Lisa Moore Ramée Description: A Good Kind of Trouble is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of a Black 7th grade girl who is regularly one of the only Black children in her classes. The community in the book is dealing with the trial against an officer who killed a Black man in their community. The book deals with issues of police brutality, what it means to have friends across difference, what it means to have friends who have the same background as you, navigating the politics of middle school, finding your voice, and standing up for what you believe in. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #middlegrade #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary #hope Citation: Moore Ramée, L. (2019). A Good Kind of Trouble. Blazer + Bray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297132210-GLTFG97DA6HET3MRMYUJ/25657130.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - All American Boys By: Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely Description: All American Boys tells the story of a Black boy and a white boy before, during, and after an act of police brutality. The story is told through alternating perspectives and deals with the Black boy dealing with all of his feelings around being attacked by a police officer and the white boy who witnessed the act of police brutality as he begins to notice the ways that privilege shows up in his community and the ways that his community is racist. The book is follows both of their emotional journeys and how they decide to move forward and rise up against anti-Black racism. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #privilege #protest #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary Citation: Reynolds, J. & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. New York, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297339807-JQXPQSQCV4LKXHE2B9DH/35604682.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - Tyler Johnson Was Here Author: Jay Coles Description: Tyler Johnson Was Here is a contemporary novel about a gay African American teen whose twin brother is shot and killed by the police. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #policebrutality #mentalhealth #trauma Citation: Coles, J. (2018). Tyler Johnson Was Here. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297300636-E8YCUYNX8J00IOYI864R/24974996.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - Dear Martin Author: Nic Stone Description: Dear Martin is a contemporary young adult novel told through conversations and letters written by the main character to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The book deals with issues of police brutality, the conflict between the different parts of one’s identity, and interracial love. The book features a Black male main character. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #interraciallove #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary Citation: Stone, N. (2017). Dear Martin. New York: Crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297371184-MBQGV5W6T2S5ANOGY4BZ/36142487.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - Anger Is A Gift Author: Mark Oshiro Description: Anger Is A Gift is a contemporary novel about a gay African American teen growing up in Oakland, California and dealing with anxiety and panic attacks because of the trauma of his father’s death at the hands of Oakland police. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #latinx #mentalhealth #trauma #policebrutality Citation: Oshiro, M. (2018). Anger Is A Gift. Tor Teen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591297174255-S0AMCESSONTGODODUYKX/32075671._SY475_.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Description: The Hate U Give tells the story of a young girl’s experience of what happens in the aftermath of police brutality. This book also deals with the experience of being split between two worlds, that of her neighborhood and Black community, and that of her mostly white private school. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #interraciallove #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary Citation: Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591296851323-E57KGMR8IY20QD6DCCUG/818TfhXesPL.jpg Blog - Young Adult & Middle Grade Books that address Police Brutality: - How It Went Down Author: Kekla Magoon Description: How It Went Down tells the story of the death of a Black boy at the hands of a white officer and the community’s response to that act of police brutality and murder. Told through multiple perspectives this book has conflicting stories and new information as the community tries to find the full truth of what happened and make sense of the tragedy. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary Citation: Magoon, K. (2014). How It Went Down. New York, Henry Holt and Co. 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The novel includes royal intrigue, discussions of body politics, and a subtle critique of slavery through the guise of fantasy. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #bodypolitics #beauty #slavery #fantasy #magic #alternativeworlds #youngadultliterature Citation: Clayton, D. (2018). The Belles. Disney-Hyperion. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591466298503-RQRZZGR9HGLEC5KQ27YK/38612739.jpg Black & African American - Pet Author: Akwaeke Emezi Description: Pet is an Afrofuturistic novel with a Black trans girl main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and lives in a futuristic utopian society that has rid itself of many forms of systemic inequity. Despite this semi-utopia, the protagonists grapples with the hidden monsters within her society and what it means to be a teen who sees the truth when all the adults around them are in denial. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Emezi, A. (2019). Pet. Make Me a World. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1596060727449-5MP1D4KNWHV96UUNCG12/Dancer.jpg Black & African American - Dancer Author: Lorri Hewett Description: Dancer is a contemporary love story (written in the late 1990s). It follows a Black female protagonist who is deeply dedicated to her study fo ballet. Her parents are both working class and her father is the custodian at her elite private school where she attends on scholarship. She is the only Black student in her ballet school until a boy joins her classes and begins to dance with her despite his real loves being hip hop dance and break dancing. His aunt was a Black ballet dancer in the 1950s and offers to help teach her how to improve her dancing so that she will be competitive during her auditions into some of the larger dance conservatories in NYC, Seattle, and San Francisco. Includes: #africanamerican #black #contemporary #ballet #femaleprotagonist Citation: Hewett, L. (1999). Dancer. Puffin Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592535958935-NP1FF4N3AJMSRXMEKS7U/35380157._SY475_.jpg Black & African American - Opposite Of Always Author: Justin A. Reynolds Description: Opposite of Always is a time travel love story about a Black boy who will travel back in time over and over again to try to save the girl he loves. This is a book filled with Black love, Black joy, and time travel. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #lovestory #grief #timetravel #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Reynolds, J.A. (2019). Opposite Of Always. Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1596060953520-UQEJUKQNCZ4UZ1ARMFHI/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Another Way To Dance Author: Martha Southgate Description: Another Way To Dance is a contemporary love story (written in the late 1990s). It follows a 14 year old Black female protagonist who joins a summer program with the NYC School of American Ballet. Though she thinks that she is ready to dance her heart out and learn and grow in the summer program, she is not prepared to be one of only two Black dancers within her cohort, nor is she prepared to deal with the racism she encounters at the school. Includes: #africanamerican #black #contemporary #ballet #femaleprotagonist Citation: Southgate, M. (1998). Another Way To Dance. Laurel Leaf. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635173200-84T07LFTU4RLGC9UDEYT/The+Sun+Is+Also+A+Star Black & African American - The Sun Is Also A Star Author: Nicola Yoon Description: The Sun Is Also A Star is the story of an undocumented Jamaican girl who is trying to stop her family from being deported and a Korean-American boy trying to figure out his future. The story is told in alternating perspectives, almost all of which happen over the course of one day. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #interraciallove #immigration #gentrification #undocumented #jamaican #korean #asianamerican #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Yoon, N. (2016). The Sun Is Also A Star. Delacorte Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592536492531-T7MRD0FK1GOR1R5KFJLP/38739562.jpg Black & African American - With The Fire On High Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: With The Fire On High is a coming of age contemporary novel about about an Afro-Latina teen mom who dreams of becoming a chef. While taking care of her baby girl and her abuela, she makes amazing meals and joins a culinary arts elective at her school. There she is mentored by the head chef who encourages her to apply for a prestigious trip abroad to apprentice under a chef in Spain. This story is full of hope and joy. It also includes a love story had has great examples of consent. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #teenmom #cooking #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Acevedo, E. (2019). With The Fire On High. Quill Tree Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591318481939-PQL985RFZOPV79DHSDPC/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Ghost Boys Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Description: Ghost Boys is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of the ghost of a 12-year-old Black boy who was shot and killed by the police. He observes his community in mourning as they process the grief at the loss of his life. The protagonist meets a fellow ghost, Emmett Till, who was also killed through an act of anti-Black racism. The ghost of Emmett Till is based on the real life story of Emmett Till who was a real life Black boy who was lynched and killed in Mississippi in 1955. Emmett helps the protagonist process and deal with his own death and reckon with the legacy of anti-Black violence and police brutality within the history of the United States. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #history #lynching #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Parker Rhodes, J. (2018). Ghost Boys. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591556712603-PJKHG8KJ37CEXRS35MZT/37941689.jpg Black & African American - Home and Away Author: Candice Montgomery Description: Home and Away is a contemporary coming of age novel about a Black teen girl from a wealthy family. She goes through a journey of thinking about her identity as Black and what that means to her. She also builds a friendship and relationship with an artsy bisexual boy. Includes: #black #bisexual #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Montgomery, C. (2018). Home and away. Page Street Kids. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635231786-ZIYY5M3A82VUG4J0RCAQ/Pride Black & African American - Pride Author: Ibi Zoboi Description: Pride is a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The story takes place in gentrifying Brooklyn and follows the life of the main character, her four sisters, their family, and the family of the Darcy’s that move into a large house across the street from her. Includes: #africanamerican #black #afrolatino #latinx #femaleprotagonist #gentrification #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Zoboi, I. (2018). Pride. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592535329082-UZQZRBU9FKYXHH8ZY3CB/I+Wanna+Be+Where+You+Are.jpg Black & African American - I Wanna Be Where You Are Author: Kristina Forest Description: I Wanna Be Where You Are is a contemporary love story. It follows a female protagonist who is set on attending the dance conservatory of her dreams. Her mom, on the other hand, forbids her from applying. She devises a plan to road trip two hundred miles to the nearest audition. Her annoying neighbor and his dog tag along. Includes: #africanamerican #black #contemporary #ballet #femaleprotagonist Citation: Forest, K. (2019). I wanna be where you are. Roaring Book Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591318428825-1GDMOF1T8M7BS86Q7BDF/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - A Good Kind Of Trouble Author: Lisa Moore Ramée Description: A Good Kind of Trouble is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of a Black 7th grade girl who is regularly one of the only Black children in her classes. The community in the book is dealing with the trial against an officer who killed a Black man in their community. The book deals with issues of police brutality, what it means to have friends across difference, what it means to have friends who have the same background as you, navigating the politics of middle school, finding your voice, and standing up for what you believe in. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary #hope #middlegradeliterature Citation: Moore Ramée, L. (2019). A Good Kind of Trouble. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591313741251-4UZ65ZTKGZNNGTQZXAE7/25657130.jpg Black & African American - All American Boys By: Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely Description: All American Boys tells the story of a Black boy and a white boy before, during, and after an act of police brutality. The story is told through alternating perspectives and deals with the Black boy dealing with all of his feelings around being attacked by a police officer and the white boy who witnessed the act of police brutality as he begins to notice the ways that privilege shows up in his community and the ways that his community is racist. The book is follows both of their emotional journeys and how they decide to move forward and rise up against anti-Black racism. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #privilege #protest #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Reynolds, J. & Kiely, B. (2015). All American Boys. New York, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314414313-QJNBBCZTPQBTSUQTYI63/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - How It Went Down Author: Kekla Magoon Description: How It Went Down tells the story of the death of a Black boy at the hands of a white officer and the community’s response to that act of police brutality and murder. Told through multiple perspectives this book has conflicting stories and new information as the community tries to find the full truth of what happened and make sense of the tragedy. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Magoon, K. (2014). How It Went Down. New York, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592534975598-82FDRACYFVHO4469OZFF/Shiny+Broken+Pieces.jpg Black & African American - Shiny Broken Pieces Authors: Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra Description: Shiny Broken Pieces is a contemporary young adult novel set in a prestigious ballet school. It is the sequel to Tiny Pretty Things. It follows three ballet dancers as they compete for a spot within the American Ballet Company. One dancer is the only Black ballet dancer, another is white, and the final is biracial Korean American. Includes: #Black #eastasian #korean #biracial #multipleperspectives #femaleprotagonist #ballet Citation: Clayton, D. & Charaipotra, S. (2016). Shiny broken pieces. HarperCollins. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592274194266-2X3AI6EZFEH2FOMTAG4L/52074946._SX318_SY475_.jpg Black & African American - See No Color Author: Shannon Gibney Description: See No Color is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a 16-year-old biracial Black teen girl who is a transracial adoptee and a baseball player. When she finds the letters from her biological father that her parents kept from her, she begins to question who she really is and what it really means to be Black. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #biracial #baseball #sports #youngadultliterature Citation: Gibney, S. (2015). See no color. Carolrhoda Lab. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591725325030-X7E1KXBJAJHCQXS25G5A/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Brown Girl Dreaming Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Brown Girl Dreaming is an essential verse memoir of the author’s childhood. Woodson shares the experience of growing up as a young Black girl in the 1960 and 1970s in South Carolina and New York where the civil rights movement was growing. Despite having difficulty learning to read as a child, Woodson’s love of writing grows and grows. Includes: #black #africanamerican #versenovel #memoir #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Woodson, J. (2014). Locomotion. Speak. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591724799425-PJGRL99ZB7T9HTAV4X5N/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - The Black Flamingo Author: Dean Atta Description: The Black Falmingo is a verse novel about a biracial Black Jamaican and Greek gay teen growing up in the United Kingdom. He struggles to feel like fits in to either side of his identity until he starts University and finds a way to express himself through drag, under the drag name The Black Flamingo. Includes: #jamaican #british #greek #black #versenovel #contemporary #LGBTQIA #drag #biracial #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Atta, D. (2020). The black flamingo. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635494239-9J0UJ58CBFIHA8QO49YH/Crossover Black & African American - Crossover Author: Kwame Alexander Description: The Crossover is a verse novel about family, basketball, growing up, and the consequences of following the rules. This book centers around a male protagonist. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #versenovel #sports #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Alexander, K. (2014). The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314763937-7XGQAQSJQDB4VGHGZPLP/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - The House You Pass On The Way Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: The House You Pass On The Way is a coming of age story about a biracial African American lesbian girl in the rural south. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #biracial #africanamerican #black #historical #rural #youngadultliterature Citation: Woodson, J. (2003). The House You Pass On The Way. Speak. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548634630045-4AYBQAIDJDE93DFP6CW1/Dear+Martin Black & African American - Dear Martin Author: Nic Stone Description: Dear Martin is a contemporary young adult novel told through conversations and letters written by the main character to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The book deals with issues of police brutality, the conflict between the different parts of one’s identity, and interracial love. The book features an African American male main character. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #interraciallove #policebrutality #grief #trauma #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Stone, N. (2017). Dear Martin. New York: Crown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592535058394-52EYM7TYXBTR7RWOVGOP/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Tiny Pretty Things Authors: Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra Description: Tiny Pretty Things is a contemporary young adult novel set in a prestigious ballet school in New York City. It follows three ballet dancers who are competitive and ruthless in their goals of becoming the best prima ballerina. One dancer is the only Black ballet dancer at their school, another is white, and the final is biracial Korean American. Includes: #Black #eastasian #korean #biracial #multipleperspectives #femaleprotagonist #ballet Citation: Clayton, D. & Charaipotra, S. (2015). Tiny Pretty Things. HarperCollins. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314137276-2V9BDAA7J32YSNLZQIJO/35604682.jpg Black & African American - Tyler Johnson Was Here Author: Jay Coles Description: Tyler Johnson Was Here is a contemporary novel about a gay African American teen whose twin brother is shot and killed by the police. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #policebrutality #mentalhealth #trauma #youngadultliterature Citation: Coles, J. (2018). Tyler Johnson Was Here. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635359843-DUAB7KMLM5CNNT4WL8WZ/Children+of+Blood+and+Bone Black & African American - Children Of Blood And Bone Author: Tomi Adeyemi Description: Children of Blood And Bone is a fantasy novel set in an alternative world. It follows two female leads and one male lead as they fight to bring magic back to their lands. The novel discusses state-sanctioned violence and slavery. It draws on Nigerian folklore. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #slavery #magic #alternativeworlds #fantasy #class #youngadultliterature Citation: Adeyemi, T. (2018). Children of blood and bone. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591724950842-1Q8YLFR2PCQPR74EGIYC/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Dark Sons Author: Nikki Grimes Description: Dark Sons is a verse novel told through alternating perspectives of Ishmael from the Bible and a contemporary Black teen boy. Both grapple with the abandonment of their fathers and their love of their half-brothers despite the fact that their father’s seem to love their half-brothers more. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #christianity #family #versenovel #contemporary #biblical #youngadultliterature Citation: Grimes, N. (2007). Dark Sons. Jump At The Sun. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635099180-2Z4XL1Z8A7OTG7FBQTJZ/The+Hate+U+Give Black & African American - The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Description: The Hate U Give tells the story of a young girl’s experience of what happens in the aftermath of police brutality. This book also deals with the experience of being split between two worlds, that of her neighborhood and Black community, and that of her mostly white private school. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #interraciallove #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Thomas, A. (2017). The Hate U Give. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592518289864-HO6GX9K6K9WVP7LR5DSJ/272334._SY475_.jpg Black & African American - Feathers Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Feathers is a coming of age story set in the 1970’s about a Black girl whose brother is deaf and whose mother is dealing with depression. The story picks up when a new boy arrives at the protagonists school. Like her, he speaks both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). Unlike her, he is white. The two build a connection as she learns to re-frame her viewpoint on her brother’s deafness, her mom’s fear, and her own school community. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and disability. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #historical #youngadultliterature Citation: Woodson, J. (2007). Feathers. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595969942293-8PB6L8NH4FNPT7OXBF05/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Color Me In Author: Natasha Diaz Description: Color Me In is a contemporary novel about a biracial Black and white Jewish teen who is white passing. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she moves to Harlem where she has a hard time fitting in with her family and her new community. She is stuck between two cultures, that of her new Black community and that of her posh private school. When her dad decides to throw her a belated bat mitzvah instead of a Sweet 16, she doesn’t know where she belongs. Includes: #africanamerican #black #biracial #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Diaz, N. (2019). Color me in. Delacorte. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635475606-3VLL51XWYVFJPTNK9U0V/Dread+Nation Black & African American - Dread Nation Author: Justina Ireland Description: Dread Nation is an alternative history of the United States set during the Civil War, in which the corpses of the dead begin to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville. In this world, African American and Native American people are required to attend combat school to learn how to kill the undead. This story follows a female protagonist as she attends one such school and eventually finds herself in a fight for her life against not only zombies, but other powerful enemies as well. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #alternativehistory #zombies #civilwar #biracial #nativeamericans #youngadultliterature Citation: Ireland, J. (2018). Dread nation. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548635454157-015YHZVXIMYPK8IEBH3N/Beasts+Made+Of+Night Black & African American - Beasts Made Of Night Author: Tochi Onyebuchi Description: Beasts Made Of Night is a fantasy novel set in an alternative world. Evil mages in this world are on a quest to mold sin and guilt into magical creatures called sin-beasts. These beast can only be destroyed by aki, young sin-eaters, who take on the weight of the sin. This book follows a male protagonist who is a sin-eater and who is in a battle to save the princess whom he loves. The book draws on Nigerian folklore. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #magic #alternativeworlds #fantasy #youngadultliterature Citation: Onyebuchi, T. (2017). Beasts made of night. Razorbill. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592269298046-WGSINJ0DUS0JGQ9Z9FK6/For+Black+Girls+Like+Me.jpg Black & African American - For Black Girls Like Me Author: Mariama J. Lockington Description: For Black Girls Like Me is a contemporary Middle Grade novel told through the point of view of a Black 11-year-old girl who is a transracial adoptee. When she and her family move to New Mexico, she leaves behind her only friend who understands what it is like to be a Black transracial adoptee. Told through lyrical prose and verse, this middle grade book deals with microaggressions, family dynamics, connectedness, and hope. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #verse #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Lockington, M.J. (2019). For Black Girls Like Me. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314982647-91HQZW4P1ZA39ZUF0D7S/36546606.jpg Black & African American - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Jewish Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591725149285-3XI56QCN5L6TZDTN0PZW/294874.jpg Black & African American - Street Love Author: Walter Dean Myers Description: Street Love is a verse novel retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in an urban context. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonist #versenovel #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Myers W. D. (2006). Street love. Amistad Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314296048-B1PBTDXUBNOUJ150RRBQ/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Light It Up Author: Kekla Magoon Description: Light It Up tells the story of a community during the aftermath of an act of police violence against a 13-year-old Black girl who was shot and killed by the police. Told through multiple perspectives, this book discusses the repeated nature of police brutality and the community reckoning with the idea that police violence against Black people by the police keeps happening and nothing is changing. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #policebrutality #grief #trauma #gentrification #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Magoon, K. (2019). Light It Up. New York, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548634987059-60J2MJZOS7I6N4WDPJG3/Long%2BWay%2BDown Black & African American - Long Way Down Author: Jason Reynolds Description: Long Way Down is a contemporary verse novel told during the span of one elevator ride in which the protagonist has to decide what he is going to do about the death of his brother. The book features an African American male main character. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #intergenerationalviolence #grief #trauma #versenovel #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Reynolds, J. (2017). Long Way Down. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314879852-8B0UU25736257ECKW5X8/31625039._SY475_.jpg Black & African American - Let’s Talk About Love Author: Claire Kann Description: Let’s Talk About Love is a contemporary love story between an African American bi-romantic asexual girl and a Japanese American boy. Includes: #bisexual #asexual #biromantic #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #japanese #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove #youngadultliterature Citation: Kann, C. (2018). Let’s Talk About Love. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591315068241-V1BOYRT1HIC59TDW2QSJ/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Odd One Out Author: Nic Stone Description: Odd One Out is a contemporary novel about three friends and their complicated love triangle. The triangle includes bisexual love interests and three alternating perspectives. Includes: #bisexual #lovetriangle #interraciallove #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #latinx #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Stone, N. (2018). Odd One Out. Crown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592535494836-7HO7YRC77T5YTGROER42/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - The Weight Of The Stars Author: K. Ancrum Description: The Weight of the Stars is a slow burn romance between two girls. This book follows two female protagonists, one who is obsessed with dreams of traveling to outer space and another whose mother is currently an astronaut on a one way trip to the edge of the solar system. After a horrific accident, the two acquaintances slowly form a friendship and more. Includes: #africanamerican #black #LGBTQIA+ #biracial #lesbian #contemporary #sciencefiction Citation: Ancrum, K. (2019). The weight of the stars. Imprint. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592269650967-MT8UG2HUO8FRZ8V79WP2/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - How To Be Remy Cameron Author: Julian Winters Description: How To Be Remy Cameron is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a Black high school junior boy who is a transracial adoptee. After being assigned an essay in his AP Literature class asking him to define himself, he dives into questions of self discovery. He is Black, gay, adopted, popular, a good son, a loving brother, and still discovering what else he is. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #hope #joy #LGBTQIA+ #youngadultliterature Citation: Winters, J. (2019). How To Be Remy Cameron. Duet. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591314616803-M79PNUJM8AF6J3HK3WZ3/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - The Poet X Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: The Poet X is a verse novel about an Afro-Latina girl growing up in Brooklyn as she questions her faith, struggles with her family, and learns how to share her voice as a poet. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #versenovel #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Acevedo, E. (2018). The Poet X. New York: Harperteen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591465995660-EO0DLWOD9UQJQH7A76HK/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Felix Ever After Author: Kacen Callender Description: Felix Ever After is a contemporary coming of age novel with a Black trans boy main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and grapples with how those identities affect how others perceive him in the world and his fears that these intersecting identities might mean that he will never find his happily ever after. This story has blackmailing, love triangles, revenge, and learning to love who you are. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Callender, K. (2020). Felix ever after. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592518651625-867INY7LDBJSHEJC9MQK/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - A Song Below Water Author: Bethany C. Morrow Description: A Song Below Water is a grounded fantasy novel set in the Pacific Northwest city of Portland. The book follows two Black teenage girls, one who is a siren and the other who is an unknown magical being. Forced to keep her siren identity secret due to the stigma placed on Black women sirens, one protagonist uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate when her voice feels like too much. The other main character, who is discovering her magical connection, uses ASL to communicate when performing as an underwater mermaid in the local renaissance fairs. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and womanhood. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #sayhername #sirens #americansignlanguage #ASL #fantasy #magic #alternativeworlds #youngadultliterature Citation: Morrow, B.C. (2020). A Song Below Water. Tor Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1596075625959-X4WBVFZ9RTU43FGCEP3H/Voting+Booth.jpg Black & African American - The Voting Booth Author: Brandy Colbert Description: The Voting Booth is a contemporary novel about two Black teens voting for the first time. The book is told through alternating perspectives over the course of one day (voting day). The female protagonist is a Black 18 year old who is very politically active and has been helping register voters in the months leading up to the election. She attends a private predominately white school and has a white boyfriend who has become increasingly distant and is refusing to vote. The male protagonist is a biracial Black and white boy whose family is extremely politically active and whose older brother was a community organizer before he was killed by gun violence. The two struggle to cast their vote due to complications with their voter registration and issues of voter suppression. They become closer as the day goes on. Includes: #black #africanamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #voting #votersuppression #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2020). The Voting Booth. Disney-Hyperion. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591725434602-1TBKYC92ZZDIX3HHF5S8/image-asset.jpeg Black & African American - Locomotion Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Locomotion is a verse novel about an 11-year-old black boy in the foster care system. The book is told through 60 poems and traces the story of the protagonist as he learns how to share his voice as a poet. Includes: #black #fosterhome #versenovel #contemporary #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature #youngadult Citation: Woodson, J. (2004). Locomotion. Speak. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/southasiamiddleeast daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571607749846-DLTPZVDB76MYS9TNJOWN/Down+And+Across South Asia & Middle East 1 - Down and Across Author: Arvin Ahmadi Description: Down and Across is a contemporary novel. It follows an Iranian-American male protagonist who runs away to Washington D.C. find an expert on the psychology of success. Along the way he gets into adventures and meets many new characters. Includes: #middleeast #iranian #maleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Ahmadi, A. (2018). Down and across. Viking Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335313184-K4NPX0G92UA0FPZEMF3L/20312458.jpg South Asia & Middle East 1 - Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel Author: Sara Farizan Description: Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel is a coming of age story about a young Persian American girl who realizes she is a lesbian. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #asianamerican #iranian #interraciallove #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Farizan, S. (2014). Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel. Algonquin Young Reader. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609546631-RB5O1FKAK1U2FVL2HSXE/Mariam+Sharma+Hits+The+Road South Asia & Middle East 1 - Mariam Sharma Hits The Road Author: Sheba Karim Description: Mariam Sharma Hits The Road is a contemporary novel about three South Asian American characters on a road trip from New Jersey to New Orleans. Includes: #asianamerican #southasian #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #muslim #LGBTQIA Citation: Karim, S. (2018). Mariam Sharma Hits The Road. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571608212846-Y5HZFUK6UX6UXOVFEUYH/Match+Made+In+Mehendi South Asia & Middle East 1 - Match Made In Mehendi Author: Nandini Bajpal Description: A Match Made in Mehendi is a contemporary story about an Indian girl. It follows a fifteen-year-old female protagonist whose family has a long line of matchmakers. She wants to be an artist and does not want anything to do with her family’s matchmaking work. However, when she accidently sets up her cousin with a lawyer, her family decides that she has the gift of matchmaking too. She decides that match making might be a lucrative business and creates a matchmaking app that sends her whole high school into chaos. Includes: #indian #southasian #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Bajpal, N. (2019). A Match Made in Mehendi. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609415687-H04LTQEI6A7T8JI1H3Y9/Bombay+Blues South Asia & Middle East 1 - Bombay Blues Author: Tanuja Desai Hidier Description: Bombay Blues is the sequel to Born Confused. It follows an Indian American girl in her late teens and early twenties as she travels to India, New York, and London and questions whether or not the things she thought she wanted were actually what she wanted at all. Includes: #indian #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Desai Hidier, Tanuja. (2014). Push. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571608931969-AR5960RUM8WML8PAZ6GW/The+Star-Touched+Queen South Asia & Middle East 1 - The Star-Touched Queen Author: Roshani Choksi Description: The Star-Touched Queen is a fantasy novel about a cursed princess. She soon becomes a queen and a wife because of an arranged marriage of political convenience. She soon realizes that her kingdom has secrets and she must solve the ancient mystery that spans other worlds and reincarnated lives. The novel is by a biracial Indian and Filipina author. Includes: #indian #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #fantasy #magic Citation: Choksi, R. (2016). The Star-Touched Queen. St. Martin’s Griffin. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609245921-MVE1Y1UHZS0L0QYJ98D1/Born+Confused South Asia & Middle East 1 - Born Confused Author: Tanuja Desai Hidier Description: Born Confused is a contemporary coming of age story about an Indian American teen. She has spent her whole life resisting her parents' traditions and background, so when they try to set up an arranged marriage, she pushes back. The story is about growing up, falling in love, friendship, and finding out about the things in your own culture that you value. Includes: #indian #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Desai Hidier, Tanuja. (2002). Born Confused. Push. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609702522-0PBPMFIBG0P2QIIKAE28/Forward+Me+Back+To+You South Asia & Middle East 1 - Forward Me Back To You Author: Mitali Perkins Description: Forward Me Back To You follows two parallel stories. One is an Indian American transracial adoptee boy and the other, and the other is a biracial African American and white sexual assault survivor. The two teens travel together to India with their youth group to volunteer with domestic assault victims at a womans’ shelter. Includes: #indian #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #southasian #biracial #adoption #transracialadoptee #sexualassult #domesticabuse #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #christianity Citation: Perkins, M. (2019). Forward Me Back To You. Farrar, Straus and Grioux (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609073627-S7RRE38Y5UDG3V2ITFQD/A+Crown+of+Wishes South Asia & Middle East 1 - A Crown of Wishes Author: Roshani Choksi Description: A Crown of Wishes is a fantasy novel and a companion novel to The Star-Touched Queen. It follows an exiled princess who teams up with her sworn enemy to win a competition in order to win a wish so that she can take back her kingdom. The novel is by a biracial Indian and Filipina author. Includes: #indian #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #fantasy #magic Citation: Choksi, R. (2017). A Crown of Wishes. St. Martin’s Griffin. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571608434336-7TYIK2MFS5MF86JXER5O/Symptoms+of+A+Heart+Break South Asia & Middle East 1 - Symptoms of a Heart Break Author: Sona Charaipotra Description: Symptoms Of A Heartbreak is a contemporary novel about an Indian American teen who is the youngest doctor in America. Graduating from medical school at sixteen-years-old, the medical prodigy balances friends, family, and romance while making her rounds. Includes: #indian #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Charaipotra, S. (2019). Symptoms Of A Heartbreak. Imprint. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656249019-WFNUKAQH0K8M3280P0SF/When+Dimple+Met+Rishi South Asia & Middle East 1 - When Dimple Met Rishi Author: Sandhya Menon Description: When Dimple Met Rishi is a love story about two Indian American teens at a summer coding camp. The story deals with issues of identity politics, being a first generation American, and culture clashes. Includes: #asianamerican #indian #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #identitypolitics #contemporary Citation: Menon, S. (2017). When Dimple Met Rishi. Simon Pulse. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/disabilitymentalhealth daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658097279-2Z398ZM9RSNIPR698N4L/For+A+Muse+of+Fire Disability & Mental Health - For A Muse of Fire Author: Heidi Heilig Description: For A Muse of Fire is a fantasy novel about girl with Bipolar Disorder who has the ability to bind the souls of the recently departed to the puppets she works with as a puppeteer. The story follows her as she gets mixed up in royal intrigue and adventure. The story is based on Asian folklore and French colonialism. Includes: #mentalhealth #bipolar #asianamerican #asian #fantasy #magic #femaleprotagonist Citation:Heilig, H. (2018). For A Muse of Fire. Greenwillow Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658069578-1BXVW33PPOWVC5KJYFHW/Unbroken%3A+13+Stories+Staring+Disabled+Teens Disability & Mental Health - Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens Editor: Marieke Nijkamp Description: Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens is a collection of short stories by well known young adult authors with physical disabilities, chronic pain, and or mental health issues. The stories include a multitude of genres. Includes: #disability #mentalhealth Citation: Nijkamp, M. (2018). Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595958534492-NSIGKXBRDYMAJAMSKHDF/image-asset.jpeg Disability & Mental Health - Cursed Author: Karol Ruth Silverstein Description: Cursed is a contemporary novel about a Jewish teen girl with chronic pain from juvenile arthritis. When during her 9th grade year she gets diagnosed with juvenile arthritis, her parents get divorced, and she has to transfer to a school district where 9th graders are still in middle school instead of high school, she feels cursed. After hiding her disability from her friends and cutting school, she is found out and forced to return back to middle school. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #disability #chronicpain #juvenilearthritis #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Silverstein, K.R. (2019). Cursed. Charlesbridge. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592518449404-BTH6ZFZ5K5R9RCYAG0HN/image-asset.jpeg Disability & Mental Health - Feathers Author: Jacqueline Woodson Description: Feathers is a coming of age story set in the 1970’s about a Black girl whose brother is deaf and whose mother is dealing with depression. The story picks up when a new boy arrives at the protagonists school. Like her, he speaks both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). Unlike her, he is white. The two build a connection as she learns to re-frame her viewpoint on her brother’s deafness, her mom’s fear, and her own school community. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and disability. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #historical #youngadultliterature Citation: Woodson, J. (2007). Feathers. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658018168-X0CCBBIOSK8DH1J0ZYPN/Six+of+Crows Disability & Mental Health - Six Of Crows Author: Leigh Bardugo Description: Six of Crows is an adventure story with five main characters, two of whom live with disabilities and mental health issues that include chronic pain and trauma. Includes: #disability #chronicpain #trauma #magic #fantasy #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist Citation: Badugo, L. (2015). Six of Crows. Henry Holt and Company. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658113593-LGO02KJ2BSEYT7W79OU5/Fragile+Like+Us Disability & Mental Health - Fragile Like Us Author: Sara Barnard Description: Fragile Like Us is a contemporary story about female friendships and platonic love. It centers around three girls, two of whom have been friends their whole lives, and one whom they have just met. This story deals with mental health issues, trauma, abuse, and bipolar disorder. Includes: #femalprotagonist #mentalhealth #trauma #abuse #bipolar Citation: Barnard, S. (2018). Fragile Like Us. Simon Pulse. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592534435168-C1WZL1C7WMDLK3BBTZRK/image-asset.jpeg Disability & Mental Health - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658030000-TRQQXUHJWFJ23Q3PICLV/Run Disability & Mental Health - Run Author: Kody Keplinger Description: Run is a contemporary novel with alternating perspectives between two girls. Both girls have been put into boxes by their peers and everyone thinks they know who these girls truly are: One girl has a reputation for being a wild child and the other is legally blind. This book, by a blind author, follows their adventure of running away from their community together. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #disability #blind #LGBTQIA #bisexual #contemporary Citation: Keplinger, K. (2016). Run. Scholastic Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658219878-21IZ7RN3OPZ624CTSRH4/That%27s+Not+What+Happened Disability & Mental Health - That’s Not What happened Author: Kody Keplinger Description: That’s Not What Happened is a contemporary novel about the six surviving witnesses of a school shooting. The story picks up three years after the shooting and tracks the ways in which memory and perspective have clouded the story of what actually happened. Through a series of letters from each witness, the protagonist’s understanding of the shooting becomes more complex. This is a book about trauma, the influence of the media, and about the ways in which memory is not always accurate. This book includes a blind character and was written by a blind author. Includes: #disability #blind #LGBTQIA #asexual #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #trauma #schoolshootings Citation: Keplinger, K. (2018). That’s Not What Happened. Scholastic Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548657967632-3KYA3MKD4XOYWL576Z7W/Far+From+You Disability & Mental Health - Far From You Author: Tess Sharpe Description: Far From You is a contemporary murder mystery. It follows a girl with a physical disability resulting from a car crash who is in recovery from a drug addiction and whose friend was murdered. Includes: #mentalhealth #disability #addiction #femaleprotagonist #chronicpain #mobilityissues #LGBTQIA Citation: Sharpe, T. (2014).Far From You. Indigo. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658041788-CN3U0507G08Q1TTGAZEC/The+State+of+Grace Disability & Mental Health - The State of Grace Author: Rachael Lucas Description: The State of Grace is a contemporary novel about a girl with Aspergers Syndrome. She has always felt content with her best friend and her horse but everything changes when she has her first kiss and problems arise at home. She has to make sense of her new reality and fix the things that are going wrong in her life. Includes: #disability #autism #aspergers #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Lucas, R. (2017). The State of Grace. Macmillan Children’s Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548657946593-RXBF1YB2QM73WAGBIFMX/Marcelo+in+the+Real+World Disability & Mental Health - Marcelo and the Real World Author: Francisco X. Stork Description: Marcelo in The Real World is a contemporary novel about a boy with Autism. It follows his experience working at his dad’s legal firm during the summer between his junior and senior year of high school. Includes: #maleprotagonist #disability #autism #contemporary Citation: Stork, M. X. (2009). Marcelo In The Real World. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658135848-P8TY1J59T5R5QV8XU5JR/Darius+The+Great+Is+Not+Okay Disability & Mental Health - Darius The Great Is Not Okay Author: Adib Khorram Description: Darius The Great Is Not Okay is a contemporary novel about a biracial white and Iranian boy who lives with depression. The story centers around his first trip to visit his family in Iran and the friendship he builds with a boy there. Includes: #maleprotagonist #LGBTQIA #biracial #asianamerican #iranian #mentalhealth #depression Citation: Khorram, A. (2018). Darius The Great Is Not Okay. Dial Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592518513967-238AG3T9NGXVOIZ1LOBO/image-asset.jpeg Disability & Mental Health - A Song Below Water Author: Bethany C. Morrow Description: A Song Below Water is a grounded fantasy novel set in the Pacific Northwest city of Portland. The book follows two Black teenage girls, one who is a siren and the other who is an unknown magical being. Forced to keep her siren identity secret due to the stigma placed on Black women sirens, one protagonist uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate when her voice feels like too much. The other main character, who is discovering her magical connection, uses ASL to communicate when performing as an underwater mermaid in the local renaissance fairs. This book also deals with the ivtersectionalities of race and womanhood. Includes: #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #sayhername #sirens #americansignlanguage #ASL #fantasy #magic #alternativeworlds #youngadultliterature Citation: Morrow, B.C. (2020). A Song Below Water. Tor Teen. 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Penguin Random House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591404128091-P1T1MXKO5U0139SMCZA2/32814346._SY475_.jpg Academic Books & Articles - Was The Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books Author: Philip Nel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591402537359-ZFKJM3D4YQDQ4PEFQMXF/34850745.jpg Academic Books & Articles - Marley Dias Gets It Done And So Can You Author: Marley Dias https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591402708959-YJLWJIJXV4YDR1YXU7BC/image-asset.jpeg Academic Books & Articles - Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children's Fiction Author: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop Citation: Bishop, R. S. (1982). Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children’s Fiction. National Council of teachers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591402842819-1NU0F9RJ5H4OJEKEGSN4/image-asset.jpeg Academic Books & Articles - Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature Author: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop Citation: Bishop, R. S. (2007). Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature. Heinemann. https://www.everybodybooks.com/founder daily 0.75 2025-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1549242082281-DNQSF7JYMWKSELSPRUDJ/image1.jpg Founder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1549241961133-MI4NU06U39YGLF4VTUJ0/image2.jpg Founder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1549257098337-0BJYXMVW8BLTUF9LLP58/everbodybooks.jpg Founder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1549242007099-7F67C6SI7RJLRTO37P5E/image3.jpg Founder https://www.everybodybooks.com/latinx daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335481294-IHOWAJZBWVB5GZUSQV30/image-asset.jpeg latinx - Wild Beauty Author: Anna-Marie McLemore Description: Wild Beauty is a magical realism novel about a family of Latina sisters that tend to a magical garden and hide a dark secret; whoever they love vanishes. The protagonist must fight to ensure that the girl she loves does not disappear. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #latinx #magicalrealism #magic #fantasy Citation: McLamore, A. (2017). Wild Beauty. Feiwel & Friends. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598227078899-56J836H8RYT44IH0498O/image-asset.jpeg latinx - Cemetery Boys Author: Aiden Thomas Description: Cemetery Boys is a contemporary coming of age novel with a Latinx trans boy main character. When the novel’s protagonist is shunned by his family for his gender identity, he is determined to show them that he is a true brujo, witch. The protagonist performs a spell to solve the mystery of a family member’s death, but accidentally resurrects the ghost of his former classmate, school’s former tough guy, who hopes to tie up loose ends of his own. As they work together, the two grow closer and the protagonist is not sure if he wants the boy’s ghost to leave. Includes: #transprotagonist #nonbinary #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Thomas, A. (2020). Cemetery boys. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216098813-XWZ6ULCDOHAFKOY8OQ1H/37868569._SY475_.jpg latinx - We Set The Dark On Fire Author: Taylor Kay Mejia Description: We Set The Dark On Fire is a dystopian novel following a latinx teen girl who attends a boarding school for girls who will be married off to the elite of society. When she finds out that her wealthy lineage is a lie, she must hide the truth or be sent back in to the famine and poverty stricken fringes of society. Will she fight to hold her spot in the elite ranks of society, or fight for a more just world for all? Includes: #latinx #dystopian #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Mejia, T.K. (2019). We Set The Dark On Fire. Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215209638-0RV2MZ2BLE75IYCRDOU5/35297488._SY475_.jpg latinx - Dealing In Dreams Author: Lilliam Rivera Description: Dealing In Dreams is a dystopian novel following a latinx teen girl who runs an all girl gang in the capital city. Her dream is to move in to the elite towers in the city but she must battle other gangs to meet this goal. Includes: #latinx #dystopian #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Rivera, L. (2019). Dealing In Dreams. Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215177009-S92XOHGNQKODNARAZMS4/33918887.jpg latinx - Bruja Born Author: Zoraida Córdova Description: Bruja Born is a fantasy novel set in contemporary Brooklyn and the fantasy underworld of Los Lagos. It is the second book in a trilogy, following the oldest sister of a group of three sisters. The story follows a Latina girl who is from a family of brujas/witches. When she and her boyfriend break up and he is killed in an accident, she casts a spell to keep him alive, but the spell backfires and the city becomes overrun with zombies. She must fight to fix the mistake she has made. Includes: #latinx #magic #fantasy #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Córdova, Z. (2018). Bruja Born. Sourcebooks Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215253088-ADYP5QMY8XIZJKO13SB9/45447108._SY475_.jpg latinx - Shadowshaper Legacy Author: Daniel José Older Description: Shadowshaper legacy is a story about art, legacy, and magic in an Afro-Latina girl’s life. It is the third book in a trilogy. The story follows her as she learns about a magic within her community that gives her the ability to be able to bind the souls of the dead to her art. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #femaleprotagonist #magic #fantasy Citation: Older, D.J. (2020). Shadowshaper Legacy. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216078542-P0U7RRCLPX0LQT3Z84DC/37828814._SY475_.jpg latinx - Five Midnights Author: Ann Dávila Cardinal Description: Five Midnights is a horror novel set in Puerto Rico. It follows two Puerto Rican teens as they try to solve the mystery of murders sweeping across Puerto Rico. Is it caused by murderers or mosters? Includes: #latinx #magic #horror #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Dávila Cardinal, A. (2019). Five Midnights. Tor Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335154726-F0NV9P3ZUBBDVIFVVG1M/28648863._SY475_.jpg latinx - Juliet Takes A Breath Author: Gabby Rivera Description: Juliet Takes A Breath is about a Latina teen who comes out to her parents and then runs away to the other side of the country to intern for a white feminist writer. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #latinx #privilege Citation: Rivera, G. (2016). Juliet Takes A Breath. Riverdale Avenue Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591336776954-9267DGBQK11HQK1HAAAD/41552364.jpg latinx - Undead Girl Gang Author: Lily Anderson Description: Undead Girl Gang is a story about a Latina teen who does amatur witchcraft with her best friend. When her best friend and two other girls die in a suspicious way and everyone believes that they were involved in a suicide pact, she decides to use magic to bring them back to life to solve the mystery. Includes: #latinx #horror #comedy #zombies #femaleprotagonist Citation: Anderson, L. (2018). Undead Girl Gang. Razorbill. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216117770-EE44FI7MSDV3FWEEYE5J/40522133.jpg latinx - We Unleash The Merciless Storm Author: Taylor Kay Mejia Description: We Unleash The Merciless Storm is the sequel to We Set The Dark On Fire. It is a dystopian novel following a latinx teen girl who fights as part of the resistance against an authoritarian regime that places the wealthy at the top and leaves others to parish from famine and poverty. Includes: #latinx #dystopian #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Mejia, T.K. (2020). We Unleash The Merciless Storm. Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215283150-QLKCN7S7D6JNC4RO28Z4/52507955._SX318_SY475_.jpg latinx - Efrén Divided Author: Ernesto Cisneros Description: Efrén Divided is a coming of age contemporary novel about a Mexican-American boy who is American born, but whose parents are undocumented. His biggest fear is that his parents will be deported. When that fear becomes a reality, he must fight to reunite his family. Includes: #latinx #mexican #undocumented #deportation #contemporary #maleprotagonist #middlegradeliterature Citation: Cisneros, E. (2020). Efrén Divided r. Quill Tree Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215950578-0SLA449DPEOCHUSQ8MJU/27391973._SY475_.jpg latinx - North of Happy Author: Adi Alsaid Description: North of Happy is a coming of age contemporary novel about about a wealthy latinx teen boy who lives in Mexico City and attends an international school. He has dual citizenship between the United States and Mexico, so when his family disregards his dreams of becoming a chef, he runs away to the United States and becomes an apprentice to a celebrity chef. Includes: #latinx #mexican #cooking #contemporary #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Alsaid, A. (2017). North of Happy. Harlequin Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215191834-7RJ0IPUBC19LBQSOEXTN/34051373.jpg latinx - Shadowhouse Fall Author: Daniel José Older Description: Shadowhouse Fall is a story about art, legacy, and magic in an Afro-Latina girl’s life. It is the second book in a trilogy. The story follows her as she learns about a magic within her community that gives her the ability to be able to bind the souls of the dead to her art. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #femaleprotagonist #magic #fantasy Citation: Older, D.J. (2017). Shadowhouse Fall. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659536794-0C1BTM8GO4ZOMWIEPGHG/The+Inexplicable+Logic+of+my+Life latinx - The Inexplicable Logic of My Life Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Description: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life is a novel about a Mexican American teen who has grown up with his adoptive gay father in a Mexican American family. This story follows him as he and his best friend dig into their own histories and deal with grief and loss. Includes: #latinx #mexican #LGBTQIA #gay #contemporary #maleprotagonist Citation: Sáenz, B. A. (2017). The Inexplicable Logic of My Life. Clarion Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335911168-P13T58P37LGDRSX77D9O/33385229._SY475_.jpg latinx - They Both Die At The End Author: Adam Silvera Description: They Both Die at the End is an adventure story about two strangers who are Cuban, Puerto Rican, bisexual, and gay, and who connect over the fact that they were both told that they will die today. Includes: #bisexual #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #dystopian #latinx Citation: Silvera, A. (2017). They Both Die at the End. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335598349-2GEDJXECV85DWB9K906D/31556136._SY475_.jpg latinx - Like Water Author: Rebecca Podos Description: Like Water is a love story about a Latina girl in New Mexico who works as a performing mermaid at a waterpark and deals with the possibility that she may have Huntington's Disease as she starts to date a girl for the first time and realizes she is bisexual. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #latinx #interraciallove #disability #huntingtonsdisease #grief #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Podos, R. (2017). Like Water. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659682446-SM5KX2FOCUUFOMICX3Y1/Labyrinth+Lost latinx - Labyrinth Lost Author: Zoraida Córdova Description: Labyrinth Lost is a fantasy novel set in contemporary Brooklyn and the fantasy underworld of Los Lagos. It is the first book in a trilogy, following the middle sister of a group of three sisters. The story follows a bisexual Latina girl who is from a family of brujas/witches. She doesn’t want her power and when she tries to banish it, she accidentally sends her family to the underworld and only she can save them. Includes: #latinx #magic #fantasy #LGBTQIA #bisexual #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Córdova, Z. (2016). Labyrinth Lost. Sourcebooks Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598226888182-WS7ANDVVVRW7RZFG9AQN/image-asset.jpeg latinx - History Is All You Left Me Author: Adam Silvera Description: History Is All You Left Me is about a gay teen’s grief, mental health, letting go of his past, and the rebuilding of his new future. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #mentalhealth #grief #suicide Citation: Silvera, A. (2017). History Is All You Left Me. Soho Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215160864-2IGTSJA06U4YRA9LR1BY/image-asset.jpeg latinx - Barely Missing Everything Author: Matt Mendez Description: Barely Missing Everything is a multiple perspective contemporary novel following three latinx teens. One has a dream of getting out of his small town with a baseball scholarship. Another wants to be a film maker. And the other who has to deal with an unplanned pregnancy. Includes: #latinx #contemporary #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Mendez, M. (2019). Barely Missing Everything. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1549333257424-XHHHAE6YFATJ9N5NGN74/Mexican+WhiteBoy latinx - Mexican Whiteboy Author: Matt de la Peña Description: Mexican Whiteboy is a contemporary novel about a biracial Latino and white teen growing up in San Diego. He attends a private school where everyone assumes they know who he really is. Everyone is shocked when they find out that he does not speak Spanish. He is convinced that his half-whiteness is why his father left his family and moved back to Mexico. This book is about finding your own identity, friendship, acceptance, and there is a little bit of baseball thrown in. Includes: #latinx #contemporary #maleprotagonist #sports #baseball #mexican #biracial Citation: de la Peña, M. (2008). Mexican Whiteboy. Delacorte Press. Image retrieved from: Amazon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659499080-98MFCHNLV74RATIM2CVJ/Summer+of+the+Mariposas latinx - Summer of the Mariposas Author: Guadalupe Garcia McCall Description: Summer of the Mariposas tells the story of four sisters as they are on an odyssey back to Mexico and includes both adventure and the supernatural. The story is a retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey. Includes: #latinx #femaleprotagonist #magic #fantasy #magicalrealism Citation: Garcia McCall, G. (2012). Summer of the Mariposas. Tu Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591336232553-OIAV8YKUU2B2029BN46T/28220826._SY475_.jpg latinx - When The Moon Was Ours Author: Anna-Marie McLamore Description: When The Moon Was Ours is a magical realist novel about two best friends, one of whom is a nonbinary character, as they fight to protect their magical secrets from a group of witches. Includes: #nonbinary #LGBTQIA #latinx #magicalrealism #magic #fantasy Citation: McLamore, A. (2016). When The Moon Was Ours. Thomas Dunne Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215313793-LKXO6KKNHK2Y441MKSUK/53038638._SX318_SY475_.jpg latinx - Wayward Witch Author: Zoraida Córdova Description: Wayward Witch is a fantasy novel set in contemporary Brooklyn and the fantasy fairy realm of Adas in the Caribbean Sea. It is the third book in a trilogy, following the youngest sister of a group of three sisters. The story follows a latinx teen as she fights to save the fairy realm and learn more about her father’s past. Includes: #latinx #magic #fantasy #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Córdova, Z. (2020). Wayward Witch. Sourcebooks Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659584135-6C4UTOEG4I8J3GK4UT0M/I+Am+Not+Your+Perfect+Mexican+Daughter latinx - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Author: Erika L. Sánchez Description: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is about a Latina teen girl dealing with familial expectations, grief, and becoming herself. Includes: #latinx #mexican #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #grief Citation: Sánchez, E.L. (2017). I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659561678-690YMKND6UA2XUQ4NV5Q/The+Education+of+Margot+Sanchez latinx - The Education of Margot Sánchez Author: Lilliam Rivera Description: The Education of Margot Sánchez is a coming of age story that addresses issues of gentrification and feelings of belonging in the South Bronx. Includes: #latinx #femaleprotagonist #gentrification #contemporary Citation: Rivera, L. (2017). The Education of Margot Sánchez. Simon & Schuster. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215966123-E0GAY6SAQCD4N65PAO2P/31332356.jpg latinx - The Resolutions Author: Mia Garcia Description: The Resolutions is a contemporary novel following four latinx teens who decide that instead of making their own resolutions on New Years Eve, they will make resolutions for each other that they have to keep. Includes: #latinx #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Garcia, M. (2018). The Resolutions. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215915929-JKURTSWZZH21WXD5TLA9/15798660.jpg latinx - Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Author: Meg Medina Description: Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass is a contemporary novel following a latinx teen girl who is being bullied at school. Because her skin looks more white than her other latinx peers and because she speaks English without an accent, she is told by her bully that she isn’t latinx enough. She decides that she can show them who she is and be true to herself. Includes: #latinx #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Medina, M. (2013). Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. Candlewick. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598226699811-8Q3DSIAM3Y8DOTAGDNKX/image-asset.jpeg latinx - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Description: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is the story of two Mexican American boys and their struggles with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality, and family. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #latinx #contemporary #rural Citation: Sáenz, A. ( 2012). Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216044820-5IP0WUHSAAIVWFFZPLCO/36349389.jpg latinx - The Last * Author: Laura Pohl Description: The Last 8 is a science fiction novel following a Brazilian American latinx teen girl. After most of earth is destroyed during an Alien attack, she is one of the only survivors. When she hears a radio signal coming from Area 51, she learns that she isn’t the only teenager left, there are a band of other teen survivors. Can she trust them? When she finds a hidden space ship, she isn’t so sure. Includes: #latinx #brizilian #sciencefiction #scifi #alians #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Pohl, L. (2019). The Last 8. Sourcebooks Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216009509-EQ8CLIQ2EU8T16KMWD5K/35178488.jpg latinx - The Other Half of Happy Author: Rebecca Balcárcel Description: The Other Half of Happy is a coming of age contemporary novel about a biracial white and Guatemalan 12 year old girl who learns to embrace her Guatemalan culture when her cousins come to stay with her. Includes: #latinx #biracial #guatemalan #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #middlegradeliterature Citation: Balcárcel, R. (2019). The Other Half of Happy. Chronicle. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216138528-LIAB2LHLC9A0WOAJD741/40177227._SY475_.jpg latinx - All of Us With Wings Author: Michelle Ruiz Keil Description: All of Us With WIngs is a magical realism novel following an LGBTQIA latinx teen. After escaping her past, she moves in with a 12 year old and her rock-star family as a live in governess. After a concert, she and the 12 year old accidentally summon a pair of ancient creatures determined to avenge the wrongs of her past. Includes: #latinx #magicalrealism #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Ruiz Keil, M. (2019). All of Us With Wings. Soho Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598213626429-6ISM4NEVND02R40YBUI0/image-asset.jpeg latinx - With The Fire On High Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: With The Fire On High is a coming of age contemporary novel about about an Afro-Latina teen mom who dreams of becoming a chef. While taking care of her baby girl and her abuela, she makes amazing meals and joins a culinary arts elective at her school. There she is mentored by the head chef who encourages her to apply for a prestigious trip abroad to apprentice under a chef in Spain. This story is full of hope and joy. It also includes a love story had has great examples of consent. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #teenmom #cooking #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Acevedo, E. (2019). With The Fire On High. Quill Tree Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659518835-3XIG39B3AS45LEK4WP0J/Shadowshaper latinx - Shadowshaper Author: Daniel José Older Description: Shadowshaper is a story about art, legacy, and magic in an Afro-Latina girl’s life. It is the first book in a trilogy. The story follows her as she learns about a magic within her community that gives her the ability to be able to bind the souls of the dead to her art. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #femaleprotagonist #magic #fantasy Citation: Older, D.J. (2015). Shadowshaper. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215236815-7LIL5IU57U7PJN5CFWCY/41717246._SY475_.jpg latinx - Don’t Date Rosa Santos Author: Nina Moreno Description: Don’t Date Rosa Santos is a contemporary novel following a latinx teen girl who is Cuban American. The story deals with three generations of women in her family as they tackle the trauma of her grandfather being lost at sea on her grandmother’s journey from Cuba to Florida. The book has the small town appeal of Gilmore Girls with the familial magic of Practical Magic. Includes: #latinx #cuban #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Moreno, N. (2019). Don’t Date Rosa Santos. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215299530-Z9QBQ2P75F11S3IWOMDV/52516332._SX318_SY475_.jpg latinx - Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: Clap When You Land is a verse novel told through alternating perspectives of two Afro-Latina girls. One lives in the Dominican Republic and the other in New York. When the two find out that their father died in a plane crash, they must learn about each other and the truth about their father. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #versenovel #dualperespective #LGBTQIA #lesbian #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Acevedo, E. (2020). Clap When You Land. Quill Tree Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598215990280-CWQE7M6BRQ1D62XOVL0L/34966353._SY475_.jpg latinx - The Storm Runner Author: J.C. Cervantes Description: The Storm Runner is a coming of age contemporary novel about a Mexican-American middle school boy who learns to learns that the mountains near his New Mexico town contain a Mayan relic that is trapping an evil god. Together with a new friend from school, they go on an adventure. Includes: #latinx #mexican #mayan #fantasy #maleprotagonist #middlegradeliterature Citation: Cervantes, J.C. (2018). The Storm Runner. Rick Riordan Presents. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1598216030937-9GMD0VDAZCQ0AUJIMPKJ/image-asset.jpeg latinx - Nocturna Author: Maya Motayne Description: Nocturna is a latinx-inspired fantasy novel that follows two teens in a fantasy world as they fight to destroy an unleashed evil that threatens to destroy their lands. Each of them has their own magic and they must work together to save Castallan. Includes: #latinx #fantasy #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Motayne, M. (2019). Nocturna. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659610516-EYM5PU5QCKY7MJQBVCB4/The+Poet+X latinx - The Poet X Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Description: The Poet X is a verse novel about an Afro-Latina girl growing up in Brooklyn as she questions her faith, struggles with her family, and learns how to share her voice as a poet. Includes: #latinx #afrolatinx #dominican #versenovel #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Acevedo, E. (2018). The Poet X. New York: Harperteen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659666773-LNEOVV9O7E48JR1IECTA/What+If+It%27s+Us latinx - What If It’s Us Author: Adam Silvera & Becky Albertalli Description: What If It’s Us is a contemporary love story told through alternating perspectives. It follows two teens, one who is Latinx and one who is white, as they spend a summer falling in love. Includes: #latinx #LGBTQIA #gay #maleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove Citation: Silvera, A. & Albertalli, B. (2018). What If It’s Us. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/muslim daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660113064-C3ZHYU9VTVVX60OU91PF/I+Am+Thunder Muslim - I Am Thunder Author: Muhammad Khan Description: I Am Thunder is a contemporary novel about a Muslim teen girl set in Britain. After being bullied about her beliefs, she is influenced by another Muslim teen to adopt more extreme religious views. As she starts to loose her freedoms, she asks herself: Will I keep quiet or speak out? Includes: #muslim #femaleprotagonist #asian #contemporary Citation: Khan, M. (2018). I Am Thunder. Macmillan Children’s Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659941710-TXON2KCBOEHXB2FLFG12/Ten+Things+I+Hate+About+Me Muslim - Ten Things I Hate About Me Author: Randa Abdel-Fattah Description: Ten Things I Hate About Me is a contemporary novel set in Australia about a Muslim teen who is living a double life. At home, she is everything her dad wants her to be, a stereotypical Muslim girl. At school, she is blonde and goes by an anglicized name. She is just trying to figure out who she really is. Includes: #muslim #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Abdel-Fattah, R. (2007). Ten Things I Hate About Me. Marion Lloyd. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660155344-6DMCFAVBRYQOUSTHNW2Y/Here+To+Stay Muslim - Here To Stay Author: Sara Farizan Description: Here To Stay is a contemporary sports novel about a Muslim American boy who loves to play basketball. When he is called off of the team’s varsity bench and makes the winning shot, everything in his life changes instantly. He shoots from anonymity to popularity and everything seems great until an anonymous cyberbully sends the entire school a photoshopped image of him looking like a terrorist. It is during this difficult time that he finds out who his true friends are. Includes: #muslim #asianamerican #basketball #maleprotagonist #contemporary #sports Citation: Farizan, S. (2018). Here To Stay. Algonquin Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548659960672-H1RA5AMD9BBNED52B7QA/Watched Muslim - Watched Author: Marina Budhos Description: Watched is a contemporary novel about an immigrant Bangladeshi Muslim boy, who is conflicted about being asked by the police to watch community members at his mosque. He asks himself: Am I a hero or a traitor? Includes: #muslim #contemporary #maleprotagonist #asianamerican #bengali Citation: Budhos, M. (2016). Watched. Wendy Lamb Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660097122-L69F1EBKIU375N0KZ47I/Mirage Muslim - Mirage Author: Somaiya Daud Description: Mirage is a science fiction fantasy novel by a Muslim author. Though the story does not have any directly described Muslim characters, the author draws on her own experience to worldbuild. The story follows a teen who lives under a brutal intergalactic occupation and who writes poetry and dreams of adventure. After being kidnapped and finding out that she looks almost identical to the evil princess, she is forced to play the role of the princess if she ever wants to see her family alive again. Includes: #muslim #sciencefiction #fantasy #femaleprotagonist Citation: Daud, S. (2018). Mirage. Flatiron Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660069845-85QP10Y08K7OJJ2ZM62P/Saints+and+Misfits Muslim - Saints and Misfits Author: S.K. Ali Description: Saints and Misfits is about a Muslim-American girl dealing with trauma, inter-faith dating, and figuring out who she wants to be. Includes: #muslim #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Ali, S.K. (2017). Saints and Misfits. Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for young readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660179505-Y99ANWY8KSKW3UHED26I/A+Very+Large+Expanse+Of+Sea Muslim - A Very Large Expanse Of Sea Author: Tahereh Mafi Description: A Very Large Expanse Of Sea is a contemporary novel set three months after 9/11. The book follows a young Iranian American Muslim teen as she deals with prejudice within her new school, falls in love, and becomes involved in a break dancing team. Includes: #muslim #asianamerican #iranian #contemporary #interraciallove #femaleprotagonist Citation: Mafi, T. (2018). A Very Large Expanse Of Sea. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660049798-NUZY184URWVTJXJ4APLU/Love%2C+Hate%2C+%26+Other+Filters Muslim - Love, Hate, And Other Filters Author: Samira Ahmed Description: Love, Hate, And Other Filters is a contemporary novel about an Indian American Muslim teen. The story follows her experience in high school as her mom tries to set her up with a Muslim boy, she falls for a white boy in her class, and everyone in her community gets affected by a local terrorist attack. Includes: #muslim #asianamerican #indian #femaleprotagonist #interraciallove #contemporary Citation: Ahmed, S. (2018). Love, Hate, And Other Filters. Soho Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595958959337-IGLQ0UKSWORQA5BWU0Y2/Yes+No+Maybe+So.jpg Muslim - Yes No Maybe So Author: Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed Description: Yes No Maybe So is a contemporary novel about two teens, one who is a Jewish boy and one who is a Muslim girl. The book is told through alternating perspectives over the course of one summer as they become more politically active, campaigning for a liberal candidate during a special election in Georgia. They two are spurred to action when the existing politician is trying to pass a law banning Muslim women from wearing hijab and his constituents start plastering cars with anti-semitic bumper stickers. As they campaign they become closer and closer, caring more about the issues and each other. Includes: #muslim #jewish #judaism #islamophobia #antisemitism #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Albertalli, B. & Saeed, A. (2020). Yes No Maybe So. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660025065-6YYQ0A0WNFWUNS8A5ENZ/A+Girl+Like+That Muslim - A Girl Like That Author: Tanaz Bhathena Description: A Girl Like That is a contemporary novel about a girl in Saudi Arabia, a Muslim country. She is rebellious, orphaned, and the type of girl that parents do not want their daughters hanging out with. When she dies in a car crash, the religious police arrive and everyone thinks they know what happened. As her story is pieced together through multiple perspectives, it becomes clear that no one really knew who she was. Includes: #muslim #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Bhathena, T. (2018). A Girl Like That. Farrar Straus Grioux Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660129386-44ZFSAJAIWKXB8VFQT3O/The+Love+%26+Lies+of+Rukhsana+Ali Muslim - The Love & Lies Of Rukhsana Ali Author: Sabina Khan Description: The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali is a contemporary novel about a lesbian Bengali Muslim teen. When her parents catch her with her girlfriend, her plans to move away for college and become an Engineer all start to fall apart. Sent away to Bangladesh, she realizes that she needs to find the courage to fight for her identity and her love. Includes: #muslim #asianamerican #bengali #LGBTQIA #lesbian #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Khan, S. (2019). The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali. Scholastic Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/nativeamericanindigenous daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591836830764-H7BIYAYDGEQMVNN1X6QW/37920490.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Storm of Locusts Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Description: Storm of Locusts is the sequel to Trail of Lightning. It is a novel set in a dystopian future where most of the world has drowned because of climate change. This has caused the Navajo gods and heroes of legend to return to the land. Not only do gods and heroes of legend return, but so too do monsters. The protagonist is a monster hunter and goes on an adventure to solve a mystery about the monsters. In this book, the protagonist has to fight a mysterious cult, led by a figure out of Navajo legend called the White Locust. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #navajo #indigenousmythology #dystopian #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Roanhorse, R. (2019). Storm of locusts. Saga Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660592647-64JQFDUK0DG0I0KSUSRR/The+Marrow+Thieves Native American & Indigenous - The Marrow Thieves Author: Cherie Dimaline Description: The Marrow Thieves is a dystopian novel set in a future where the protagonist has to escape and find a way to survive hunters who are trying to steal Indigenous people’s bone marrow because it gives them the ability to dream. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #firstnations #dystopian #maleprotagonist #trauma #youngadultliterature Citation: Dimaline, C. (2017). The Marrow Thieves. Dancing Cat Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595131171268-4UJ4R93PRQ5D4ML7COQR/27803898._SY475_.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Songs That Sound Like Blood Author: Jared Thomas Description: Songs That Sound Like Blood is a contemporary novel about an Australian Aboriginal teen who is the first in her family to go to university. Moving away from her small town to the big city, she joins an Aboriginal music program, falls in love with another female Maori student, comes out to her family and community, joins a televised singing competition, and fights to save the Aboriginal music program at her university. Includes: #australian #australianaboriginal #aboriginal #indigenous #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #poverty #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature Citation: Thomas, J. (2016). Songs that sound like blood. Magabala Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595130651725-7IR9R5V1ZGOB77VQENBX/35545694._SY475_.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Strangers Author: David A. Robertson Description: Strangers is the first book in a dystopian mystery trilogy about an Indigenous First Nations teen. The protagonist deals with anxiety and panic attacks. He, his aunt, and his grandmother left the reservation and moved to the city when he was 7 years old after the deaths of his parents and other members of his community. He returns to his reservation only to find death and destruction caused by murders and a mysterious illness. He must find his purpose and find a way to save his community. Includes: #nativeamerican #firstnations #indigenous #mentalhealth #anxiety #panicattacks #dystopian #indigenousmythology #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Robertson, D.A. (2017). Strangers. HighWater Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660619750-92U01BKSZC33YXY1II83/Trail+Of+Lightning Native American & Indigenous - Trail of Lightning Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Description: Trail of Lightning is a novel set in a dystopian future where most of the world has drowned because of climate change. This has caused the Navajo gods and heroes of legend to return to the land. Not only do gods and heroes of legend return, but so too do monsters. The protagonist is a monster hunter and goes on an adventure to solve a mystery about the monsters. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #navajo #indigenousmythology #dystopian #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Roanhorse, R. (2018). Trail of Lightning. Saga Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1612502216409-MEB109TCDY0VWGR7OULI/51349143.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Dreaming In Color Author: Melanie Florence Description: Dreaming In Color is a contemporary novel about a Native American teen girl who gets accepted into a prestigious art high school. She loves to incorporate her culture and her beadwork into her paintings. She has to deal with a group of students who think that she only got accepted to the school because she is native. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #canadian #firstnations #cree #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #art #youngadultliterature Citation: Florence, M. (2020). Dreaming in color. Orca Book Publisher. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660659246-BY2NWZN60Z6EQR47G2NX/Apple+In+The+Middle Native American & Indigenous - Apple In The Middle Author: Dawn Quigley Description: Apple In The Middle is a contemporary novel about a biracial Native American girl who turns her back on her heritage when someone calls her a racial slur. However, she reluctantly agrees to spend the summer with her Native American relatives on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota. She quickly learns that a lot of the things that she thinks about her own community are actually stereotypes rather than truth. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenouse #biracial #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Quigley, D. (2018). Apple In The Middle. North Dakota State University Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1612501656421-LFCKM2XDNIWOCP2XJPFU/Elatsoe.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Elatsoe Author: Darcie Little Badger Description: Elatsoe is the story of a Lipan Apache asexual teen girl. She lives in an alternate version of America where Native and Indigenous magic, monsters, legends, and knowledge are always present. She works with her cousin and the ghost of her dog to solve the murder of your cousin. Includes: #indigenous #lipanapache # apache #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #magic #asexual Citation: Little Badger, Darcie. (2020). Elatsoe. Levine Querido. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1612504951910-ARX94IFRVCHWAMOX9QYI/10564965.jpg Native American & Indigenous - My Name Is Not Easy Author: Debby Dahl Edwardson Description: My Name Is Not Easy is a contemporary novel about a Native Alaskan boy whose traditional I’nupiaq name is not easily pronounceable by the white people he meets. So, when he begins attending a boarding school hundreds of miles away from his Arctic village, he decides to go by a non-Native name. At his new school, he is not allowed to speak his language and has a hard time fitting in. Include: #nativeamerican #indigenous #nativealaskan #inupiaq #maleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Dahl Edwardson, D. (2011). My Name Is Not Easy. Skyscape. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591832087565-QCCTYXQDMBPSMX35K1J4/image-asset.jpeg Native American & Indigenous - Indian No More Author: Charlene Willing McManis & Traci Sorell Description: Indian No More is a historical middle grade novel about a 10-year-old Umpqua Native American girl in 1957. She has lived her whole life on the Grand Ronde reservation until the federal government signs into law a bill that says that her tribe no longer exists. After the bill passes, her father signs her family up for the Indian Relocation program and they move from a reservation to Los Angeles where she meets people of different races and ethnicities for the first time and faces racism because of her native identity. Luckily she has her family, her grandmother, and their traditions to help her through. Includes: #nativeamerican #umpqua #indigenouse #femaleprotagonist #historical #middlegradeliterature Citation: Willing McManis, C. & Sorell, T. (2019). Indian no more. Tu Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595130108290-E3JWB6YBLTGQDCI03DX7/image-asset.jpeg Native American & Indigenous - The Brave Author: James Bird Description: The Brave is a contemporary middle grade novel about a neurodiverse biracial Native American boy who was raised by his alcoholic white father. When he is kicked out of yet another school, his father sends him to live with his Indigenous Ojibwe mother on a reservation in Minnesota. There he finds community, friendship, and family and learns that he is okay just the way he is. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenouse #biracial #maleprotagonist #neurodiverse #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Bird, J. (2020). The brave. Feiwel & Friends. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591810113732-YC6Q0JXYXO0ECUQT7185/36127468._SY475_.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Give Me Some Truth Author: Eric Gansworth Description: Give Me Some Truth is a novel about two teens living on a reservation, both wanting to push back against tradition, make their own way, and maybe fall in love. The male protagonist dreams of being in a band, traveling to New York, and winning a battle of the bands. However, his brother’s push back against racist comments at a restaurant lead to protests that he can’t help but be a part of. The female protagonist recently moved back to the reservation and has dreams of doing conceptual art rather than her family’s traditional style. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #tuscarora #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonsit #youngadultliterature Citation: Gansworth, E. (2018). Give Me Some Truth. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591811229280-1U7JVKRBBISIPKHBIO5M/27788151.jpg Native American & Indigenous - The Missing Author: Melanie Florence Description: The Missing is a contemporary novel about a Native American teen whose best friend has disappeared. Even though her best friend’s family is painting her friend as a run away, she knows that is not the case. Girls in her community have been going missing. Another girl at her school was found dead in a river and the protagonist is sure that it is not a suicide. Will she find the killer? Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #canadian #firstnations #cree #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Florence, M. (2016). The missing. Lorimer. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660533744-JYGDC4Q5IOTAC2B8WHX9/Killer+of+Enemies Native American & Indigenous - Killer of Enemies Author: Joseph Bruchac Description: Killer of Enemies is a supernatural story about an Apache girl who has the power to kill monsters and becomes a hero. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #apache #dystopian #indigenousmythology #femaleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Bruchac, J. (2013). Killer of Enemies. Tu Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660510875-M5MR8GCILOL4DHJUYIUJ/If+I+Ever+Get+Out+Of+Here Native American & Indigenous - If I Ever Get Out Of Here Author: Eric Gansworth Description: If I Ever Get Out of Here is a story set in the 1970s about poverty and a Tuscarora boy’s interracial friendship with a white boy and his love of Beatles songs. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #tuscarora #maleprotagonist #historical #youngadultliterature Citation: Gansworth, E. (2013). If I Ever Get Out of Here. Arthur A. Levine Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1610581947455-YY4BT6ML1HHYMIVB09SV/51y4OjPA15L._SX329_BO1%2C204%2C203%2C200_.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Rain Is Not My Indian Name Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith Description: Rain Is Not My Indian Name is a contemporary novel set in the early 2000s about a Native American teen who recently lost her best friend in a car accident. In an effort to get out more, she starts taking photos of her aunt’s Indian summer camp in their small mid-west town for the local newspaper. She must decide how much she wants to let herself get involved with her intertribal community. The novel deals with prejudices against Native Americans and other people of color, especially in rural communities. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Leitich Smith, C. (2001). Rain is not my Indian name. Heartdrum. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595132536998-EDICMXLPS7LOFWY9K8ZG/41215879.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Surviving The City Author: Tasha Spillett & Natasha Donovan Description: Surviving The City is a short contemporary graphic novel about two Canadian First Nations teens who are best friends. The book shares landmarks that are important to the remembrance of lost indigenous women, discusses social services and family separation, highlights the berry fast which is a tradition where girls abstain from eating berries for a year after they have their first period and then are celebrated as becoming women, and it deals with indigenous activism. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #canadian #firstnations #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #graphicnovel #youngadultliterature Citation: Spillett, T. & Donovan, N. (2019). Surviving The City #1. HighWater Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660640899-KGME8CVZ2GCRK7MWL9W0/Hearts+Unbroken Native American & Indigenous - Hearts Unbroken Author: Cynthia Leitich Smith Description: Hearts Unbroken is a contemporary novel about a Native American teen going through the drama of high school and first love. She is actively involved in her school newspaper and her community. The novel deals with prejudices against Native Americans and other people of color. This book (though set many years later) centers around the cousin of the protagonist in Rain Is Not My Indian Name. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Leitich Smith, C. (2018). Hearts Unbroken. Candlewick Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591813816192-SPO221Y95NDLTQXN2NQZ/39087436.jpg Native American & Indigenous - I Can Make This Promise Author: Christine Day Description: I Can Make This Promise is a contemporary novel about a biracial Native American girl whose Indigenous mother was adopted by a white family. When a mysterious box is found in her attic with a photo of a girl who looks just like her and who has her same name, the protagonist and her friends decide that they need to solve the mystery of who the woman is. This is a book about what happened to so many families before the Indian Welfare Act of 1978, when so many Indigenous families had their children taken away from them. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenouse #biracial #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #middlegradeliterature Citation: Day, C. (2019). I can make this promise. HarperCollins. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591834071885-4FXGZYLEOQU0NUGLOVON/image-asset.jpeg Native American & Indigenous - The Lesser Blessed Author: Richard Van Camp Description: The Lesser Blessed is a contemporary coming of age novel about a Native American, Dogrib Dene (Tłı̨chǫ), teen boy growing up in a small northern Canadian town. When a Native Métis teen moves to town, the two become close. This story deals with drugs, sex, and abuse but is ultimately hopeful. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #firstnations #Métis #Dogrib(Tlicho)Dene #Tłı̨chǫ #maleprotagonist #trauma #abuse #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Van Camp, R. (201=04). The lesser blessed. Douglas & McIntyre. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591812274897-G8EBYXTQBV8SWRRWBK0Q/31252299._SY475_.jpg Native American & Indigenous - He Who Dreams Author: Melanie Florence Description: He Who Dreams is a contemporary novel about a Native American teen boy who has a busy life of school, soccer, friends, and family. One day he stumbles across an indigenous dance class that quickly becomes something he is passionate about. After attending a pow wow and seeing the dancers, he realizes that his dream is to be an amazing dancer like they are. He must decide if he is willing to tell his family and friends about his passion so that he can join the nearest indigenous dance class for boys which is in their neighboring big city’s Native Cultural Center. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #canadian #firstnations #cree #maleprotagonist #contemporary #dance #youngadultliterature Citation: Florence, M. (2017). He who dreams. Orca Book Publisher. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591832849537-E2M5FE3D808A9L6DUWQN/36353103.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Race to the Sun Author: Rebecca Roanhorse Description: Race to the Sun is a middle grade fantasy novel about a 7th grade Navajo girl whose father has gone missing. She and her friends must pass a series of trials to get the help from the Diné Holy People to save her father’s life. Includes: #nativeamerican #navajo #indigenous #indigenousmythology #fantasy #femaleprotagonist #middlegradeliterature Citation: Roanhorse, R. (2020). Race to the sun. Rick Riordan Presents. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548660572593-I7MGPBE53I0NDTALR56R/Crazy+Horse%27s+Girlfriend Native American & Indigenous - Crazy Horse's Girlfriend Author: Erika T. Wurth Description: Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend is a contemporary novel about a Native American teen in Colorado. The story deals with poverty, unemployment, and drug abuse and the protagonist’s dreams of a chance to escape Denver someday. Includes: #nativeamerican #indigenous #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #poverty #youngadultliterature Citation: Wurth, E. T. (2014). Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend. Curbside Splendor Publishing. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591813024395-51UC1YWBAWOT5ZSOI80S/26494078.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Fire Fight Author: Jacqueline Guest Description: Fire Fight is a contemporary novel about a Native American girl who is part Navajo part Stoney Nakoda. On the run to avoid being put into foster care, the protagonist joins a new community where she gets a part time job, volunteers for the forestry service, and meets a boy who she begins having feelings for. She must hid her identity while helping solve the mystery of a slew of forest fires that are spreading through the area. Includes: #nativeamerican #navajo #stoneynakoda #indigenouse #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #youngadultliterature Citation: Guest, J. (2015). Fire fight. 7th Generation. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595131603330-9AV7MBA2CPOOJMLVEQ7M/25580726.jpg Native American & Indigenous - Becoming Kirrali Lewis Author: Jane Harrison Description: Becoming Kirrali Lewis is a historical novel about an Australian Aboriginal transracial adoptee teen in 1985 who moves to Melbourne to attend university. During the course of her first year of university, she meets other aboriginal students for the first time, learns about the stolen generation, searches for and then meets her biological parents who teach her about aboriginal history and activism in the 1960s-1980s. Includes: #australian #australianaboriginal #aboriginal #indigenous #femaleprotagonist #historical #transracialadoptee #youngadultliterature Citation: Harrison, J. (2015). Becoming Kirrali Lewis. Magabala Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/lesbian daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722425874-JKMU58M54OPPWGIXINV1/Tell+Me+Again+How+A+Crush+Should+Feel Lesbian - Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel Author: Sara Farizan Description: Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel is a coming of age story about a young Persian American girl who realizes she is a lesbian. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #asianamerican #iranian #interraciallove #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Farizan, S. (2014). Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel. Algonquin Young Reader. 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When her friend’s parents decide to plan an arranged marriage for her friend, she decides she will complete gender reassignment surgery in order to become a man so that she can legally marry her true love. Includes: #lesbian #nonbinary #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #asianamerican #iranian #contemporary Citation: Farizan, S. (2013). If You Could Be Mine. Alqonquin Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722365054-JMJPN2R13JUNXC7CN4N8/Huntress Lesbian - Huntress Author: Malinda Lo Description: Huntress is a fantasy novel about a young Asian lesbian girl who must save her kingdom. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #asianamerican #fantasy #magic Citation: Lo, M. (2011). Huntress. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 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Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Levithan, D. (2013). Two Boys Kissing. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: a https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1592270064239-WHLXWR4JGEZ4Y2CC2KIA/image-asset.jpeg Gay - How to Be Remy Cameron Author: Julian Winters Description: How To Be Remy Cameron is a contemporary young adult novel told through the point of view of a Black high school junior boy who is a transracial adoptee. After being assigned an essay in his AP Literature class asking him to define himself, he dives into questions of self discovery. He is Black, gay, adopted, popular, a good son, a loving brother, and still discovering what else he is. Includes: #africanamerican #black #maleprotagonist #adoption #transracialadpotee #contemporary #hope #joy #LGBTQIA+ #youngadultliterature Citation: Winters, J. (2019). How To Be Remy Cameron. Duet. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722913952-QJUZVJT859FPTYUEY0V2/Black+Wings+Beating Gay - Black Wings Beating Author: Alex London Description: Black Wings Beating is a fantasy novel with a gay male protagonist and his female twin set in a world where falcons are revered. The two set off on a journey to save their kingdom. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonist #fantasy #magic Citation: London, A. (2018). Black Wings Beating. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591333160119-4W0TXN31L6ZSRUO8FVPI/image-asset.jpeg Gay - Down And Across Author: Arvin Ahmadi Description: Down and Across is a contemporary novel. It follows an Iranian-American male protagonist who runs away to Washington D.C. find an expert on the psychology of success. Along the way he gets into adventures and meets many new characters. Includes: #middleeast #iranian #maleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Ahmadi, A. (2018). Down and across. Viking Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591332960496-0D71OYWK46C3CN9HIOFH/35960060.jpg Gay - Picture Us In The Light Author: Kelly Loy Gilbert Description: Picture Us In The Light is the story of an Asian American gay teen who is dealing with the issues of grief, unrequited love, and family mystery. Includes: #asianamerican #LGBTQIA #gay #contemporary #maleprotagonist. Citation: Loy Gilbert, K. (2018). Picture Us In The Light. Disney-Hyperion. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591334214765-OQIE1UQMTLJCS9W9H0DT/36341204._SY475_.jpg Gay - What If It’s Us Author: Adam Silvera & Becky Albertalli Description: What If It’s Us is a contemporary love story told through alternating perspectives. It follows two teens, one who is Latinx and one who is white, as they spend a summer falling in love. Includes: #latinx #LGBTQIA #gay #maleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove Citation: Silvera, A. & Albertalli, B. (2018). What If It’s Us. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722898364-CSNY7ZFIACCVVJO2UXKY/Tyler+Johnson+Was+Here Gay - Tyler Johnson Was Here Author: Jay Coles Description: Tyler Johnson Was Here is a contemporary novel about a gay African American teen whose twin brother is shot and killed by the police. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #policebrutality #mentalhealth #trauma Citation: Coles, J. (2018). Tyler Johnson Was Here. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722855159-WPE0U3ICGHWGTFCJSG4J/You+Know+Me+Well Gay - You Know Me Well Author: David Levithan and Nina LaCour Description: You Know Me Well is a contemporary novel told through the alternating perspectives of a gay male teen and a lesbian female teen throughout the course of Pride week in the Bay Area. Includes: #gay #lesbian #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Levithan, D. & LaCour, N. (2016). You Know Me Well. St. Martin’s Griffin. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722837238-VBA3QCZENA5V8E5Z0FO0/History+Is+All+You+Left+Me Gay - History Is All You Left Me Author: Adam Silvera Description: History Is All You Left Me is about a gay teen’s grief, mental health, letting go of his past, and the rebuilding of his new future. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #mentalhealth #grief #suicide Citation: Silvera, A. (2017). History Is All You Left Me. Soho Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722984598-PUTT2R81YAV0WVCXXNUW/Anger+Is+A+Gift Gay - Anger Is A Gift Author: Mark Oshiro Description: Anger Is A Gift is a contemporary novel about a gay African American teen growing up in Oakland, California and dealing with anxiety and panic attacks because of the trauma of his father’s death at the hands of Oakland police. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #africanamerican #black #latinx #mentalhealth #trauma #policebrutality Citation: Oshiro, M. (2018). Anger Is A Gift. Tor Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722780454-TJ386B9X7XTT02FG19UT/Aristotle+and+Dante+Discover+the+Secrets+of+the+Universe Gay - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Description: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is the story of two Mexican American boys and their struggles with racial and ethnic identity, sexuality, and family. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #latinx #contemporary #rural Citation: Sáenz, A. ( 2012). Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722821463-PK156LT3ZF9PCTAECVL4/More+Than+This Gay - More Than This Author: Patrick Ness Description: More Than This is the story of a gay teen who dies and wakes up in an in-between world. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #sciencefiction Citation: Ness, P. (2014). More Than This. Walker Books Ltd. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591333575772-55WEAKL4VMIX4HY3YKZ7/image-asset.jpeg Gay - Darius The Great Is Not Okay Author: Adib Khorram Description: Darius The Great Is Not Okay is a contemporary novel about a biracial white and Iranian boy who lives with depression. The story centers around his first trip to visit his family in Iran and the friendship he builds with a boy there. Includes: #maleprotagonist #LGBTQIA #biracial #asianamerican #iranian #mentalhealth #depression Citation: Khorram, A. (2018). Darius The Great Is Not Okay. Dial Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591334023940-O4R8YZOQZS3BAM0SVB2U/image-asset.jpeg Gay - The Inexplicable Logic of My Life Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Description: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life is a novel about a Mexican American teen who has grown up with his adoptive gay father in a Mexican American family. This story follows him as he and his best friend dig into their own histories and deal with grief and loss. Includes: #latinx #mexican #LGBTQIA #gay #contemporary #maleprotagonist Citation: Sáenz, B. A. (2017). The Inexplicable Logic of My Life. Clarion Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722870603-E7893R8EMAYEHRE4NK43/Highly+Illogical+Behavior Gay - Highly Illogical Behavior Author: John Corey Whaley Description: Highly Illogical Behavior is a contemporary novel about a boy with agoraphobia who is introduced to a new friend and her boyfriend who try to get him out into the real world. But the protagonist soon starts to grow feelings for his new friend’s boyfriend. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #mentalhealth #contemporary Citation: Whaley, J. C. (2016). Dial Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548722764466-DYPUB2YWWCK2ZVUJPGWA/Rainbow+Boys Gay - Rainbow Boys Author: Alex Sanchez Description: Rainbow Boys is about three boys with different backgrounds, dealing with various stages of the coming out process. Includes: #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Sanchez, A. (2003). Rainbow Boys. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/bisexual daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723343946-BKJW98JP2YCSQGINW82E/Not+Your+Sidekick Bisexual - Not Your Sidekick Author: C.B. Lee Description: Not Your Sidekick is a superhero story about a bisexual Asian girl and her internship with a horrible supervillain. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #superhero Citation: Lee, C.B. (2016). Not Your Sidekick. Duet Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723393000-O4NSV05HNURF068MHXE4/Ramona+Blue Bisexual - Ramona Blue Author: Julie Murphy Description: Ramona Blue is a contemporary novel about a girl living in the rural south who thinks she is a lesbian until her childhood friend returns to town and she has to question what her feelings for him might mean about her sexuality. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Murphy, J. (2017). Ramona Blue. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723371803-LGM530RM53ML257BKWM1/Leah+On+The+Offbeat Bisexual - Leah On The Offbeat Author: Becky Albertalli Description: Leah On The Offbeat is a contemporary novel about a girl who is coming to terms with coming out as bisexual. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #interraciallove #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Albertalli, B. (2018). Leah On The Offbeat. HarperCollins/ Brazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723420337-VYCO031EG01RMLTWLZN3/Let%27s+Talk+About+Love Bisexual - Let’s Talk About Love Author: Claire Kann Description: Let’s Talk About Love is a contemporary love story between an African American bi-romantic asexual girl and a Japanese American boy. Includes: #bisexual #asexual #biromantic #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #japanese #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove Citation: Kann, C. (2018). Let’s Talk About Love. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591333887620-WNKPVEURT0V4VV78EMMM/image-asset.jpeg Bisexual - Labyrinth Lost Author: Zoraida Córdova Description: Labyrinth Lost is a fantasy novel set in contemporary Brooklyn and the fantasy underworld of Los Lagos. The story follows a bisexual Latina girl who is from a family of brujas/witches. She doesn’t want her power and when she tries to banish it, she accidentally sends her family to the underworld and only she can save them. Includes: #latinx #magic #fantasy #LGBTQIA #bisexual #femaleprotagonist Citation: Córdova, Z. (2016).Labyrinth Lost. Sourcebooks Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1612565675920-2U68B7E2CX8UKW9KOMJ0/Radio+Silence.jpg Bisexual - Radio Silence Author: Alice Oseman Description: Radio Silence is the story of a bisexual teen girl in rural England who has spent her whole life working towards getting accepted to her dream university. When she meets the demi-sexual boy who runs her favorite sci-fi audio drama podcast called Radio Silence, the two become fast friends and she begins to question whether or not she should keep pursuing academia or follower her secret dreams of being an artist. Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual Citation: Oseman, Alice. (2016). Radio Silence. Harper Collins Children’s Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723473897-NVODSFCUV2AESOI60K0X/Little+%26+Lion Bisexual - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Jewish Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723492089-BWQD3EOBZW9U4QO6QNDK/Odd+One+Out Bisexual - Odd One Out Author: Nic Stone Description: Odd One Out is a contemporary novel about three friends and their complicated love triangle. The triangle includes bisexual love interests and three alternating perspectives. Includes: #bisexual #lovetriangle #interraciallove #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #latinx #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist Citation: Stone, N. (2018). Odd One Out. Crown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723452857-WY48YFASRRZT8XMSWJS9/The+Brightsiders Bisexual - The Brightsiders Author: Jen Wilde Description: The Brightsiders is a contemporary novel with multiple bisexual characters. It includes more than one bisexual female character, one pansexual female character, and a bisexual male character. The story follows a teen rockstar after a night of partying gone wrong. Includes: #bisexual #pansexual #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Wilde, J. (2018). The Brightsiders. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723406262-JL7BIHPXT9L79ETG945F/Like+Water Bisexual - Like Water Author: Rebecca Podos Description: Like Water is a love story about a Latina girl in New Mexico who works as a performing mermaid at a waterpark and deals with the possibility that she may have Huntington's Disease as she starts to date a girl for the first time and realizes she is bisexual. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #latinx #interraciallove #disability #huntingtonsdisease #grief #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Podos, R. (2017). Like Water. Blazer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723435660-4PFIMBCKL84CA5KC8UF8/They+Both+Die+At+The+End Bisexual - They Both Die At The End Author: Adam Silvera Description: They Both Die at the End is an adventure story about two strangers who are Cuban, Puerto Rican, bisexual, and gay, and who connect over the fact that they were both told that they will die today. Includes: #bisexual #gay #LGBTQIA #maleprotagonist #dystopian #latinx Citation: Silvera, A. (2017). They Both Die at the End. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591556887168-9UN94AMEAOB2QIV8TBFN/37941689.jpg Bisexual - Home and Away Author: Candice Montgomery Description: Home and Away is a contemporary coming of age novel about a Black teen girl from a wealthy family. She goes through a journey of thinking about her identity as Black and what that means to her. She also builds a friendship and relationship with an artsy bisexual boy. Includes: #black #bisexual #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Montgomery, C. (2018). Home and away. Page Street Kids. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548723322421-2IW7IMDACY91IX864WQ4/Gentleman%27s+Guide+To+Vice+And+Virtue Bisexual - The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Description: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue is an adventure story set in the 1800s about a bisexual teen, his biracial best friend who has Epilepsy, and his asexual sister. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #interraciallove #maleprotagonist #historical #disability #epilepsy #asexual Citation: Lee, M. (2017). The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/transgendernonbinary daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725275600-COA8418VD9AWHS7GAB7O/For+Today+I+Am+A+Boy Transgender & Non-Binary - For Today I Am A Boy Author: Kim Fu Description: For Today I Am A Boy is a coming of age contemporary novel about a Chinese American transgender girl whose family has many expectations of her, most of which have to do with traditional forms of masculinity. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #asianamerican #chinese #immigrant Citation: Fu, K. (2014). For Today I Am A Boy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591401111099-OBW3K9Z0RP0W9LXDNOOF/43289134.jpg Transgender & Non-Binary - The Brilliant Death Author: Amy Rose Capetta Description: The Brilliant Death is a fantasy novel with multiple protagonists, one who is a nonbinary shape-shifter and one who is must fully change their gender to be able to protect their family. They have to save their kingdom together with the help of magic. Includes: #transgender #nonbinary #transmasculine #LGBTQIA #fantasy #magic #transprotagonist #nonbinaryprotagonist Citation: Capetta, A.R. (2018). The Brilliant Death. Viking. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725345358-8THI54108C4EIP3PUHE6/Spy+Stuff Transgender & Non-Binary - Spy Stuff Author: Matthew J. Metzger Description: Spy Stuff is about a transgender boy who is worried that no one will ever want to date him. Includes: #transgender #LGBTQIA #transmasculine #transprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Metzger, M.J. (2016). Spy Stuff. JMS Books LLC. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591496627995-RJ2P24Q4OASNCQPKRW0K/41473872.jpg Transgender & Non-Binary - I Wish You All The Best Author: Mason Deaver Description: I Wish You All the Best is a contemporary coming of age novel with a nonbinary trans main character. The novel’s protagonist is kicked out of their home by their parents when they come out as nonbinary. After moving in with their sister and her husband, they begin a friendship and budding relationship with a boy at their school. Includes: #transprotagonist #nonbinary #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Deaver, M. (2019). I wish you all the best. Push. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725419829-ZJIM9K2ZW5784I37S58N/Mask+of+Shadows Transgender & Non-Binary - Mask Of Shadows Author: Linsey Miller Description: Mask Of Shadows is a fantasy novel about a genderfluid non-binary protagonist who is a thief and dreams of a new life. Includes: #nonbinary #transgender #LGBTQIA #nonbinaryprotagonist #fantasy #magic Citation: Miller, L. (2017). Mask Of Shadows. Sourcebook Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591496540934-V6IWEXZNQQQL78E6WAOE/image-asset.jpeg Transgender & Non-Binary - Out Of Salem Author: Hal Schrieve Description: Out of Salem is a magical coming of age novel about a 14-year-old nonbinary trans witch. After their untimely death at the start of the novel, they becomes a zombie and must use their witch magic, the help of their community, and the help of their new friend who just happens to be a werewolf, to save their body from decaying, protect their friend from being found out as a werewolf, and hide from those who think that they are a danger to the community. Includes: #transprotagonist #nonbinary #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #fantasy #magical #zombies #witches #werewolves Citation: Schrieve, H. (2019). Out of Salem. Triangle Square. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725362917-NBWOWHCGGK0WODRMHFGK/Dreadnought Transgender & Non-Binary - Dreadnought Author: April Daniels Description: Dreadnought is a superhero story about a transgender girl who has to live in a male body until her proximity to a superhero’s death transforms her body into the female form she has always wanted. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #superhero Citation: Daniels, A. (2017). Dreadnought. Diversion Publishing. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591496384536-UT9QJ5DVY1FA7IGK0QA8/43568423._SY475_.jpg Transgender & Non-Binary - The Storm of Life Author: Amy Rose Capetta Description: The Storm of Life is a fantasy novel with multiple protagonists, one who is a nonbinary shape-shifter and one who is must fully change their gender to be able to protect their family. It is the sequel to The Brilliant Death. They have to save their kingdom together with the help of magic. Includes: #transgender #nonbinary #transmasculine #LGBTQIA #fantasy #magic #transprotagonist #nonbinaryprotagonist Citation: Capetta, A.R. (2020). The Storm of Life. Viking Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725255670-OHDP8LZ4SXM337J8OJ3Z/Almost+Perfect Transgender & Non-Binary - Almost Perfect Author: Brian Katcher Description: Almost Perfect is about a cis-gendered male protagonist who falls for a transgender girl, and who then has a hard time coming to terms with his feelings for her. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #contemporary Citation: Katcher, B. (2009). Almost Perfect. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591496453830-T0JKUN4KBC8HRQEJH30L/52339313._SX318_SY475_.jpg Transgender & Non-Binary - Cemetery Boys Author: Aiden Thomas Description: Cemetery Boys is a contemporary coming of age novel with a Latinx trans boy main character. When the novel’s protagonist is shunned by his family for his gender identity, he is determined to show them that he is a true brujo, witch. The protagonist performs a spell to solve the mystery of a family member’s death, but accidentally resurrects the ghost of his former classmate, school’s former tough guy, who hopes to tie up loose ends of his own. As they work together, the two grow closer and the protagonist is not sure if he wants the boy’s ghost to leave. Includes: #transprotagonist #nonbinary #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Thomas, A. (2020). Cemetery boys. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591510652351-BCCN4ZQNXYUQYDX9J5IP/image-asset.jpeg Transgender & Non-Binary - Stay Gold Author: Tobly McSmith Description: Stay Gold is a contemporary coming of age novel with a trans boy main character. He is just trying to make it through high school and stay under the radar until he graduates. His plan for a hiccup when he meets and falls for a cis girl who does not know that he is trans. Will he tell her everything? Is the possibility of love worth it? Includes: #transprotagonist #transmasculine #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: McSmith, T. (2020). Stay gold. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725307970-WZ4I9YHT5ZEILB9TGHN8/If+I+Was+Your+Girl Transgender & Non-Binary - If I Was Your Girl Author: Meredith Russo Description: If I Was Your Girl is a coming of age love story about a transgender girl who is overcoming her feelings of being different. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Russo, M. (2016). If I Was Your Girl. Flatiron Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591466179335-2HSLXLUZUHRWID1ZBR37/image-asset.jpeg Transgender & Non-Binary - Felix Ever After Author: Kacen Callender Description: Felix Ever After is a contemporary coming of age novel with a Black trans boy main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and grapples with how those identities affect how others perceive him in the world and his fears that these intersecting identities might mean that he will never find his happily ever after. This story has blackmailing, love triangles, revenge, and learning to love who you are. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Callender, K. (2020). Felix ever after. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591946252701-S1936UQGZKSLUHIQ1YDC/image-asset.jpeg Transgender & Non-Binary - Sovereign Author: April Daniels Description: Sovereign is the sequel to Dreadnought. Set nine months after she debuts as a trans girl superhero, the protagonist meets a new villain and must fight them as well as parts of herself if she is going to save the day. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #superhero Citation: Daniels, A. (2017). Sovereign. Diversion Publishing. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725402861-PZOAKAS6SIIWR7MUIGLN/Miles+Away+From+You Transgender & Non-Binary - Miles Away From You Author: A.B. Rutledge Description: Miles Away From You is a contemporary novel about a cis-gendered male protagonist who is in love with a transgender girl. 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Thomas Dunne Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591945673147-844IK3XCM3WHWNRL6N5H/image-asset.jpeg Transgender & Non-Binary - I Was Born For This Author: Alice Oseman Description: I Was Born For This is a contemporary dual perspective novel with a trans boy and a cis girl. The story follows the lead singer of an internationally famous boyband and one of his diehard fans. He is a biracial gay trans boy and she is a Muslim teen girl in London. Includes: #transprotagonist #transmasculine #muslim #biracial #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Oseman, A. (2018). I was born for this. Harper Collins Children's Books. 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The story follows the two of them over the course of six birthdays as one deals with her transition and both deal with changes in their life. This is a love story. Includes: #transprotagonist #transfeminine #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Russo, M. (2019). Birthday. Flatiron Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591466478394-EVYEQHUVP59F2T1G9RX4/38612739.jpg Transgender & Non-Binary - Pet Author: Akwaeke Emezi Description: Pet is an Afrofuturistic novel with a Black trans girl main character. The novel’s protagonist is Black, queer, and trans and lives in a futuristic utopian society that has rid itself of many forms of systemic inequity. Despite this semi-utopia, the protagonists grapples with the hidden monsters within her society and what it means to be a teen who sees the truth when all the adults around them are in denial. This book is written by a trans Black author. Includes: #africanamerican #black #transprotagonist #bodypolitics #LGBTQIA #youngadultliterature #contemporary Citation: Emezi, A. (2019). Pet. Make Me a World. 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Nguyen Description: Fake It Till You Break It is a contemporary young adult love story. It follows a Vietnames American girl and boy whose mothers are best friends and are convinced that they should be together. The two pretend to date to get their mothers off their backs, but will they actually fall in love? Includes: #vietnamese #asianamerican #southeastasian #pacificislander #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Nguyen, J. P. (2019). Fake it till you break it. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571611103822-X221YGY2QHIOZQN3CNRC/In+the+key+of+nira+ghani Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - In The Key of Nira Ghani Author: Natasha Deen Description: In the Key of Nira Ghani is about a Guyanese girl who has always dreamed of becoming a musician despite her parents’ dreams of her becoming a doctor or scientist. The story deals with the internal struggle of being a child growing up between two worlds, that of her parents and their cultural upbringing and that of the community and country she grew up in. Includes: #guyanese #asianamerican #southeastasian #pacificislander Citation: Deen, N. (2019). In the key of Nira Ghani. Running Press Kids. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656223201-DQNKKX1UJ677Q9J1LJIS/The+Girl+From+Everywhere Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - The Girl From Everywhere Author: Heidi Heilig Description: The Girl From Everywhere is the magical story of a biracial Chinese/Hawaiian girl who lives on a ship that can travel through space and time. Includes: #asianamerican #biracial #alternativehistory #magic #fantasy #bipolar #mentalhealth #timetravel #femaleprotagonist Citation: Heilig, H. (2016). The Girl From Everywhere. Greenwillow Books. 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Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571610731955-6ARW3F9CG0OHTTRL3LWX/Empress+of+a+Thousand+Skies Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - Empress of a Thousand Skies Author: Rhoda Belleza Description: Empress of A Thousand Skies is a fantasy Science Fiction novel about a girl who is the only surviving heir to a dynasty. She has lost her family and now will claim her thrown and her revenge. The book is based on Filipino elements. Includes: #filipino #asianamerican #southeastasian #pacificislander #femaleprotagonist #fantasy #sciencefiction #magic Citation: Belleza, R. (2017). Empress of a thousand skies. Razorbill. 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Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656349164-WDSNA8PXWOPNHDIRZ1GB/Forest+of+a+Thousand+Lanterns Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns Author: Julie C. Dao Description: Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns is a retelling of the evil queen story from Snow White. It is a dark read set in a fictional country and is based on Asian folklore. Includes: #asianamerican #fantasy #magic #femaleprotagonist Citation: Dao, J.C. (2017). Forest Of A Thousand Lanterns. Philomel Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571611581358-N6BBWPM3QJ4K7KVOZEE9/Patron+Saints+of+Nothing Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - Patron Saints of Nothing Author: Randy Ribay Description: Patron Saints of Nothing is a contemporary young adult novel about a Filipino American boy. After the death of his cousin because of the Philipinan president’s war on drugs, he travels to the Philippines to try to find out answers about his cousin’s death. Includes: #filipino #asianamerican #southeastasian #pacificislander #contemporary #maleprotagonist Citation: Ribay, R. (2019). Patron saints of nothing. Kokila. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571610904705-14MOVTDKZQA1Q4CX9LVN/500+Words+or+Less Southeast Asia & Pacific Islander - 500 Words or Less Author: Juleah Del Rosario Description: 500 Words Or Less is a verse novel about a girl who is writing her college admissions essay for an Ivy League school. The author is Chamorro (an indigenous community from Guam) and Filipina. Includes: #filipino #guam #indigenous #asianamerican #southeastasian #pacificislander Citation: Del Rosario, J. (2018). 500 words or less. Simon Pulse. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/eastasia daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656185281-F48BXY5FO78T7Z4ADEU1/To+All+The+Boys+I%27ve+Loved+Before East Asia - To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Author: Jenny Han Description: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is about the craziness that ensues when the biracial Korean protagonist’s former crushes all find out simultaneously that she was once in love with them. Includes: #asianamerican #korean #biracial #contemporary #interraciallove #femaleprotagonist Citation: Han, J. (2014). To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Penerbit Spring. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571610288650-SLTU5EPYEQKWEG83SEGM/Wicked+Fox East Asia - Wicked Fox Author: Kat Cho Description: Wicked Fox is a fantasy novel about an 18-year-old Korean girl who has a secret. She is a nine-tailed fox who must consume the energy of men in order to survive. Few believe in the myth of the nine-tailed fox, so she has been able to hide in modern-day Seoul where she consumes the energy of evil men. When saving a teen boy’s life from an evil goblin, she is outed as a nine-tailed fox and the two begin a friendship that blossoms into something more. Includes: #korean #asianamerican #eastasian #groundedfantasy #fantasy #magic #femaleprotagonist Citation: Cho, K. (2019). Wicked Fox. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591336081583-7DBYRSLCBALL98OZPM6T/17165961.jpg East Asia - For Today I Am A Boy Author: Kim Fu Description: For Today I Am A Boy is a coming of age contemporary novel about a Chinese American transgender girl whose family has many expectations of her, most of which have to do with traditional forms of masculinity. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #asianamerican #chinese #immigrant Citation: Fu, K. (2014). For Today I Am A Boy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656407351-RIZ6M7YSBXCE8ZWAWIDC/American+Panda East Asia - American Panda Author: Gloria Chao Description: American Panda is a contemporary novel. The main character is a first generation American teen from a Chinese family. She is trying to live up to her family’s expectations while also being true to herself. Includes: #asianamerican #chinese #firstgeneration #immigrant #identitypolitics #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Chao, G. (2018). American Panda. Simon Pulse. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571610500942-JU64M4PWH0KSLNPV19FY/A+Line+In+The+Dark East Asia - A Line In The Dark Author: Malinda Lo Description: A Line In The Dark a contemporary young adult novel about a Asian American girl who has unrequited feelings for her female best friend. When her best friends starts to have feelings for another girl from a nearby boarding school, trouble descends and the characters are sent into a thriller mystery. Includes: #asianamerican #eastasian #LGBTQIA #lesbian #femaleprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Lo, M. (2017). A Line In The Dark. Dutton Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656317609-V0UOAZPBMND28UWNW1CQ/I+Believe+In+A+Thing+Called+Love East Asia - I Believe In A Thing Called Love Author: Maurene Goo Description: I Believe In A Thing Called Love is a contemporary love story about a Korean American female protagonist who is trying to find love by following the steps of a K-Drama love story. Includes: #asianamerican #korean #contemporary #femaleprotagonist Citation: Goo, M. (2017). I Believe In A Thing Called Love. Farrar, Straus and Grioux (BYR). Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591335729738-WXBLKV64A1YCTSQOA82G/29904219.jpg East Asia - Not Your Sidekick Author: C.B. Lee Description: Not Your Sidekick is a superhero story about a bisexual Asian girl and her internship with a horrible supervillain. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #superhero Citation: Lee, C.B. (2016). Not Your Sidekick. Duet Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571610173490-0Z7C534Y9W4VDCQPIFYD/The+Reader East Asia - The Reader Author: Traci Chee Description: The Reader is an Asian American fantasy novel. It follows a female protagonist, who after the death of her father and the kidnapping of her aunt, begins a search to rescue her aunt with the help of a book her father left behind. Books are unheard of in her illiterate society and she hopes to find out what happened the day that her father was killed. Includes: #asianamerican #eastasian #fantasy #femaleprotagonist Citation: Chee, T. (2016). The reader. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656443147-UT4JU6499T79J60TXXG6/The+Astonishing+Color+Of+After East Asia - The Astonishing Color of After Author: Emily X.R. Pan Description: The Astonishing Color of After is a magical realism novel about a biracial Taiwanese and white teen whose mother commits suicide. The novel centers around the protagonist’s trip to visit her grandparents for the the first time in Taiwan and her belief that her mom has turned into a bird. Includes: #asianamerican #taiwanese #femaleprotagonist #magicalrealism #magic #synesthesia #biracial #mentalhealth #suicide Citation: Pan, E. X. R. (2018). The Astonishing Color of After. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1571609891110-W8D6B68LRLHULQJHP773/Flame+In+The+Mist East Asia - Flame In the Mist Author: Renée Ahdieh Description: Flame In The Mist is a fantasy novel that follows the only daughter of a well respected samurai. Despite being a cunning alchemist, her life has been set out for her because she was born a woman. After an attempt to kill her goes wrong, she disguises herself as a man to find the culprit. When disguised as a man, she is finally accepted for her intelligence and strengths, which makes her question everything she has ever known about herself. Includes: #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #fantasy #historical Citation: Ahdieh, R. (2017). Flame In The Mist. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656465298-QCZZTUI8EL7V3OU6Z46M/Picture+Us+In+The+Light East Asia - Picture Us In The Light Author: Kelly Loy Gilbert Description: Picture Us In The Light is the story of an Asian American gay teen who is dealing with the issues of grief, unrequited love, and family mystery. Includes: #asianamerican #LGBTQIA #gay #contemporary #maleprotagonist. Citation: Loy Gilbert, K. (2018). Picture Us In The Light. Disney-Hyperion. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1591334995600-4G2SZKBKO3Q36VDFUVGP/29073707._SY475_.jpg East Asia - It’s Not Like It’s A Secret Author: Misa Sugiura Description: It’s Not Like It’s A Secret is a contemporary coming of age novel about an Asian American female protagonist who is coming to terms with the fact that she might be a lesbian because she starts to realize that she might have feelings for her Latina friend. Includes: #lesbian #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #asianamerican #latinx #interraciallove #contemporary Citation: Sugiura, M. (2017).It’s Not Like It’s A Secret. HarperTeen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548656370266-N9A0HCUGFKBKL37E6WPX/Emergency+Contact East Asia - Emergency Contact Author: Mary H.K. Choi Description: Emergency Contact is a contemporary novel that alternates perspectives between a Korean American female protagonist and a white male protagonist. The love story centers around awkward people connecting over the Internet and through texts in a digital age. Includes: #asianamerican #korean #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #interraciallove Citation: Choi, M. H. K. (2018). Emergency Contact. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/transgender-non-binary daily 0.75 2020-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725362917-NBWOWHCGGK0WODRMHFGK/Dreadnought Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Dreadnought Author: April Daniels Description: Dreadnought is a superhero story about a transgender girl who has to live in a male body until her proximity to a superhero’s death transforms her body into the female form she has always wanted. Includes: #ownvoices #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #superhero Citation: Daniels, A. (2017). Dreadnought. Diversion Publishing. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725292538-CUCP92CJJEHZBVIGNIBA/Lizard+Radio Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Lizard Radio Author: Pat Schmatz Description: Lizard Radio is about a nonbinary gender non-conforming teen who is sent to a camp where mysterious things happen. Includes: #nonbinary #transgender #LGBTQIA #contemporary #mystery #transprotagonist #nonbindaryprotagonist Citation: Schmatz, P. (2015). Lizard Radio. Candlewick Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725345358-8THI54108C4EIP3PUHE6/Spy+Stuff Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Spy Stuff Author: Matthew J. Metzger Description: Spy Stuff is about a transgender boy who is worried that no one will ever want to date him. Includes: #ownvoices #transgender #LGBTQIA #transmasculine #transprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Metzger, M.J. (2016). Spy Stuff. JMS Books LLC. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725255670-OHDP8LZ4SXM337J8OJ3Z/Almost+Perfect Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Almost Perfect Author: Brian Katcher Description: Almost Perfect is about a cis-gendered male protagonist who falls for a transgender girl, and who then has a hard time coming to terms with his feelings for her. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #contemporary Citation: Katcher, B. (2009). Almost Perfect. Delacorte Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725275600-COA8418VD9AWHS7GAB7O/For+Today+I+Am+A+Boy Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - For Today I Am A Boy Author: Kim Fu Description: For Today I Am A Boy is a coming of age contemporary novel about a Chinese American transgender girl whose family has many expectations of her, most of which have to do with traditional forms of masculinity. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #asianamerican #chinese #immigrant Citation: Fu, K. (2014). For Today I Am A Boy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725402861-PZOAKAS6SIIWR7MUIGLN/Miles+Away+From+You Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Miles Away From You Author: A.B. Rutledge Description: Miles Away From You is a contemporary novel about a cis-gendered male protagonist who is in love with a transgender girl. After the transgender girl’s suicide attempt, she has been on life support for three years and now the protagonist is not sure who he is without her. Told through one sided instant messages to her, the novel is about what it takes to move on from first love. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #contemporary #maleprotagonist #mentalhealth Citation: Rutledge, A.B. (2018). Miles Away From You. HMH Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725438876-VLIVWR6VPDRPA3TBLHZS/The+Brilliant+Death Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - The Brilliant Death Author: Amy Rose Capetta Description: The Brilliant Death is a fantasy novel with multiple protagonists, one who is a nonbinary shape-shifter and one who is must fully change their gender to be able to protect their family. They have to save their kingdom together with the help of magic. Includes: #transgender #nonbinary #transmasculine #LGBTQIA #fantasy #magic #transprotagonist #nonbinaryprotagonist Citation: Capetta, A.R. (2018). The Brilliant Death. Viking. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725419829-ZJIM9K2ZW5784I37S58N/Mask+of+Shadows Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - Mask Of Shadows Author: Linsey Miller Description: Mask Of Shadows is a fantasy novel about a genderfluid non-binary protagonist who is a thief and dreams of a new life. Includes: #nonbinary #transgender #LGBTQIA #nonbinaryprotagonist #fantasy #magic Citation: Miller, L. (2017). Mask Of Shadows. Sourcebook Fire. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725307970-WZ4I9YHT5ZEILB9TGHN8/If+I+Was+Your+Girl Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - If I Was Your Girl Author: Meredith Russo Description: If I Was Your Girl is a coming of age love story about a transgender girl who is overcoming her feelings of being different. Includes: #transgender #transfeminine #LGBTQIA #transprotagonist #contemporary Citation: Russo, M. (2016). If I Was Your Girl. Flatiron Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548725325892-HWQL4Z951X43UY5RIF5U/When+The+Moon+Was+Ours Transgender & Non-Binary (Copy) - When The Moon Was Ours Author: Anna-Marie McLamore Description: When The Moon Was Ours is a magical realist novel about two best friends, one of whom is a nonbinary character, as they fight to protect their magical secrets from a group of witches. Includes: #nonbinary #LGBTQIA #latinx #magicalrealism #magic #fantasy Citation: McLamore, A. (2016). When The Moon Was Ours. Thomas Dunne Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/jewish daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595957213413-VMSC9O71502I4PBFPCD2/recommended+for+you Jewish - Recommended For You Author: Laura Silverman Description: Recommended For You is an enemies to lovers contemporary novel about a Jewish teen who is a book worm. She loves working at her favorite local bookstore until a new hire joins the team. When the two find out that there will be a huge holiday bonus for whoever makes the most sales, the race is on. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Silverman, L. (2020). Recommended For You. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595956788857-LNEPWBFMJ5B952EJJ3QN/My+Basmati+Bat+Mitzvah Jewish - My Basmati Bat Mitzvah Author: Paula J. Freedman Description: My Basmati Bat Mitzvah is a contemporary novel about a Jewish Indian teen who is trying to find the balance between her Indian culture and being Jewish, all while preparing for her bat mitzvah. Includes: #asianamerican #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #mittlegradeliterature Citation: Freedman, P.J. (2013). My Basmati Bat Mitzvah. Harry N. Abrams. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595955979346-Z1CO8RHWC4ZD5QX59AOA/Cursed Jewish - Cursed Author: Karol Ruth Silverstein Description: Cursed is a contemporary novel about a Jewish teen girl with chronic pain from juvenile arthritis. When during her 9th grade year she gets diagnosed with juvenile arthritis, her parents get divorced, and she has to transfer to a school district where 9th graders are still in middle school instead of high school, she feels cursed. After hiding her disability from her friends and cutting school, she is found out and forced to return back to middle school so that she doesn’t have to repeat 9th grade. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #disability #chronicpain #juvenilearthritis #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Silverstein, K.R. (2019). Cursed. Charlesbridge. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595952291730-QYXXYY0P3ZG8ZDWCIW1V/Little+%26+Lion Jewish - Little & Lion Author: Brandy Colbert Description: Little & Lion is about a bisexual Jewish Black girl coming to terms with her identity and her white step brother who is dealing with his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder. Both are falling for the same girl. This book also has lesbian characters, a prominent biracial Korean/Black character who wears a hearing aid, interracial relationships, references to abortion, and discussions around what it means to be loyal and what it means to care. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #mentalhealth #bipolar #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Colbert, B. (2017). Little & Lion. Little, Brown. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595954902695-VPX0UDD7BTMH99S8VJL7/Today+Tonight+Tomorrow Jewish - Today Tonight Tomorrow Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon Description: Today Tonight Tomorrow is an enemies to lovers love story between two Jewish teens that all takes place in one day. The book follows two teens who have been enemies throughout high school, but on the last day of high school the two connect while participating in a senior class game that takes them on an adventure all over the city. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Solomon, R.L. (2020). Today Tonight Tomrrow. Simon Pulse. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595952414395-LPCTLNV9P1XZ4Z5F1RBQ/Color+Me+In Jewish - Color Me In Author: Natasha Diaz Description: Color Me In is a contemporary novel about a biracial Black and white Jewish teen who is white passing. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she moves to Harlem where she has a hard time fitting in with her family and her new community. She is stuck between two cultures, that of her new Black community and that of her posh private school. When her dad decides to throw her a belated bat mitzvah instead of a Sweet 16, she doesn’t know where she belongs. Includes: #africanamerican #black #biracial #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Diaz, N. (2019). Color me in. Delacorte. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595953533715-9T9X5ZJQFIZ7X1W4R2ZB/What+I+Like+About+You Jewish - What I Like About You Author: Marisa Kanter Description: What I Like About You is a contemporary rom-com that follows a Jewish teen girl who leads a double life. Online she is an instagram famous bookstagrammer who recreates book covers on the tops of cupcakes. In real life she is a quiet teen who has never really lived in one place long enough to make close in person friends. When she moves to a new town and meets her virtual best friend who doesn’t know what she really looks like, she hides her online identity from him. But she can’t escape him! He is everywhere: at her Friday night shabbat with her grandfather, in her same classes, and sitting at the same table as her in the cafeteria. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Kanter, M. (2020). What I like about you. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595953845895-1VF1JV2UPQ790JHN1OGT/Yes+No+Maybe+So Jewish - Yes No Maybe So Author: Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed Description: Yes No Maybe So is a contemporary novel about two teens, one who is a Jewish boy and one who is a Muslim girl. The book is told through alternating perspectives over the course of one summer as they become more politically active, campaigning for a liberal candidate during a special election in Georgia. The two are spurred to action when the existing politician tries to pass a law banning Muslim women from wearing hijab and his constituents start plastering cars with anti-semitic bumper stickers. As they campaign they become closer, caring more about the issues and each other. Includes: #muslim #jewish #judaism #islamophobia #antisemitism #contemporary #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Albertalli, B. & Saeed, A. (2020). Yes No Maybe So. Balzer + Bray. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595954552697-N7T9CCXEW1T4A2SWDY0Q/It%27s+A+Whole+Spiel Jewish - It’s A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories Edited by: Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman Description: It’s A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories is an anthology of short stories about Jewish teens written by own voices Jewish young adult authors. Includes: #anthology #contemporary #jewish #judaism #femaleprotagonist #maleprotagonist #youngadultliterature Citation: Locke, K. & Silverman, L. (2019). It’s A Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories. Knopf Books for Young Readers. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1595955330720-A1ORTVR2US54VXD6PFKD/Girl+With+The+Red+Ballon Jewish - Girl With The Red Balloon Author: Katherine Locke Description: Girl With The Red Balloon is a historical time travel novel about a Jewish teen girl. On a high school trip to Berlin, she sees a stray balloon and grabs on to it and is transported back to East Berlin in 1988, a year and a half before the fall of the Berlin wall. Through the course of the book, she fights to protect a group of Jews in East Berlin who face persecution and learns of the original time travel balloon makers who helped Jews escape from concentration camps during World War II. Includes: #femaleprotagonist #historical #fantacy #timetravel #magic #judaism #jewish #youngadultliterature Citation: Locke, K. (2017). The Girl With The Red Balloon. AW Teen. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/asexual-aromantic-demisexual daily 0.75 2025-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515208649-EDIQXQJESC716ZTQLI93/29414576._SY475_.jpg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - Tash Hearts Tolstoy Author: Kathryn Ormsbee Description: Tash Hearts Tolstoy is the story of an asexual teen girl who runs a web series retelling the story of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. When her web series gets amplified by someone famous signal boosts her series, she is quickly pushed into the limelight. Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual Citation: Ormsbee, Kathryn. (2017). Tash Hearts Tolstoy. Simon & Schuster. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515228988-6UGU427XQNITPCFKP4WF/25322449.jpg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - Radio Silence Author: Alice Oseman Description: Radio Silence is the story of a bisexual teen girl in rural England who has spent her whole life working towards getting accepted to her dream university. When she meets the demi-sexual boy who runs her favorite sci-fi audio drama podcast called Radio Silence, the two become fast friends and she begins to question whether or not she should keep pursuing academia or follow her secret dreams of being an artist. Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual Citation: Oseman, Alice. (2016). Radio Silence. Harper Collins Children’s Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1548658219878-21IZ7RN3OPZ624CTSRH4/That%27s+Not+What+Happened Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - That’s Not What happened Author: Kody Keplinger Description: That’s Not What Happened is a contemporary novel about the six surviving witnesses of a school shooting. The story picks up three years after the shooting and tracks the ways in which memory and perspective have clouded the story of what actually happened. Through a series of letters from each witness, the protagonist’s understanding of the shooting becomes more complex. This is a book about trauma, the influence of the media, and about the ways in which memory is not always accurate. This book includes a blind character and was written by a blind author. Includes: #disability #blind #LGBTQIA #asexual #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #trauma #schoolshootings Citation: Keplinger, K. (2018). That’s Not What Happened. Scholastic Press. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515179865-BMDLQIQLMTV4CWNDA8C3/42115981._SY475_.jpg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - Loveless Author: Alice Oseman Description: Loveless is the story of a teen girl who comes out as an aromantic asexual while attending her first year of university in England. With a cast of queer characters, the protagonist learns to accept herself for who she is. Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #asexual #aromantic Citation: Oseman, Alice. (2020). Loveless. Harper Collins Children’s Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515164819-2KITZ4BG11NEH1KFAQJN/29283884._SY475_.jpg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Description: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue is an adventure story set in the 1800s about a bisexual teen, his biracial best friend who has Epilepsy, and his asexual sister. Includes: #bisexual #LGBTQIA #interraciallove #maleprotagonist #historical #disability #epilepsy #asexual Citation: Lee, M. (2017). The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515372539-D3313RC717AS36CG5FXZ/49089632.jpg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - Elatsoe Author: Darcie Little Badger Description: Elatsoe is the story of a Lipan Apache asexual teen girl. She lives in an alternate version of America where Native and Indigenous magic, monsters, legends, and knowledge are always present. She works with her cousin and the ghost of her dog to solve the murder of your cousin. Includes: #indigenous #lipanapache # apache #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #magic #asexual Citation: Little Badger, Darcie. (2020). Elatsoe. Levine Querido. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605515194725-Q66CJCZROZMOBXRYWU3Z/image-asset.jpeg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy Author: Mackenzi Lee Description: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy is an adventure story set in the 1800s about an asexual young woman who wants to become a scientist and explorer. Includes: #LGBTQIA #femaleprotagonist #historical #asexual Citation: Lee, M. (2018). The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy. Katherine Tegen Books. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2eaa37cc8fedb863bf7b5e/1605514759201-KX93W9M5C703UL7XOLVU/image-asset.jpeg Asexual, Aromatic, & Dem-Sexual - Let’s Talk About Love Author: Claire Kann Description: Let’s Talk About Love is a contemporary love story between an African American bi-romantic asexual girl and a Japanese American boy. Includes: #bisexual #asexual #biromantic #LGBTQIA #africanamerican #black #asianamerican #japanese #femaleprotagonist #contemporary #interraciallove #youngadultliterature Citation: Kann, C. (2018). Let’s Talk About Love. Swoon Reads. Image retrieved from: Goodreads. https://www.everybodybooks.com/all-styles daily 0.75 2025-05-08