An Arbitrary Compilation, YA Edition
The Arbitrary Compilation of Books by/about POC, not!live from your local Delaware library:
Part I
Part II
YA Edition [this one!]
Part III
More books by or about POC from the shelves of my local library. I wish I had time to go through and at least add Amazon review quotes to all of these. If anyone has written informative reviews of any of these books, please link to them in comments and I'll add a [note]. Asterisks mark books that I would tentatively recommend, mostly unread, to those on the flist looking to diversify their reading.
*Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Sky that Changed Forever by Firyal Alshalabi & Sam Drexler
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez
*The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1, the Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Samurai Girl: The Book of the Sword by Carrie Asai [see magicnoire's cautionary comment]
In Beautiful Disguises by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhoood by Veronica Chambers
Quinceañera Means Sweet 15 by Veronica Chambers
Wandering Warrior by Da Chen
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Wings by Julia Gonzales
*Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale [ my review; highly rec'ed]
La Línea by Ann Jaramillo
Breaking through by Francisco Jiménez
The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez
The Beat Goes on by Adele Minchin
*The Fold by An Na
Wait for Me by An Na
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli
*Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Getting It by Alex Sanchez
The God Box by Alex Sanchez
*Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez
*The Sunbird by Elizabeth E. Wein
Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan
Native Son by Richard Wright
Part I
Part II
YA Edition [this one!]
Part III
More books by or about POC from the shelves of my local library. I wish I had time to go through and at least add Amazon review quotes to all of these. If anyone has written informative reviews of any of these books, please link to them in comments and I'll add a [note]. Asterisks mark books that I would tentatively recommend, mostly unread, to those on the flist looking to diversify their reading.
*Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Sky that Changed Forever by Firyal Alshalabi & Sam Drexler
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez
*The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1, the Pox Party by M.T. Anderson
Samurai Girl: The Book of the Sword by Carrie Asai [see magicnoire's cautionary comment]
In Beautiful Disguises by Rajeev Balasubramanyam
Marisol and Magdalena: The Sound of Our Sisterhoood by Veronica Chambers
Quinceañera Means Sweet 15 by Veronica Chambers
Wandering Warrior by Da Chen
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Wings by Julia Gonzales
*Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale [ my review; highly rec'ed]
La Línea by Ann Jaramillo
Breaking through by Francisco Jiménez
The Circuit by Francisco Jiménez
The Beat Goes on by Adele Minchin
*The Fold by An Na
Wait for Me by An Na
Fire in the Hills by Donna Jo Napoli
*Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa
Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury
Getting It by Alex Sanchez
The God Box by Alex Sanchez
*Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Haters by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez
*The Sunbird by Elizabeth E. Wein
Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan
Native Son by Richard Wright