Comments | oyceter: YA chicklit with POC

oyceter

YA chicklit with POC

Jan 17, 2008 15:05

Does anyone have recommendations for happy YA chicklit starring POC and/or by POC?

Qualifications:

I have read half of Dana Davidson's Jason & Kyra and got bored by the prose and descriptions of what everyone was wearing, I know about Melissa de la Cruz, I've read Does My Head Look Big in This? and liked it, may check out First Daughter soon, ( Read more... )

books: ya/children's, books, books: chick lit, lj knows all

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coffeeandink January 18 2008, 01:18:03 UTC

Not chick lit but for future reference: Alaya Dawn Johnson's first novel Racing the Dark is YA sf with a POC protagonist (by POC author). Haven't read it yet, but I liked the short story she has up at Strange Horizons, and the author is a cool person.

oyceter January 18 2008, 01:22:02 UTC

Oh! Even better! I have sort of stopped in my quest to find YA sf/f by/about POC because it was so hard to find. (I started Sophia Masson's book set in a fantasy-Indonesia, but it was so standard plot coupon-y that I got bored.)

sarahtales January 18 2008, 01:48:52 UTC

Alaya Johnson is fabulous, we had a big argument about the Lymond Chronicles in a bar. And I can't find that book in shops over here anywhere, so I'm going to have to amazon it, but purely on the strength of the author I recommend.

wordsofastory January 18 2008, 01:59:30 UTC

I *lovelovelove* Babyji by Abha Dawesar. It's about an Indian high school girl (in India) who falls in love with several other girls. Deals a lot with gender, but is always upbeat, if not quite fluffy. I also second the recommendation for The Bermudez Triangle.

That's the only one I can think of (I started reading YA recently), but in general, I think you might enjoy Bookshelves of Doom, if you don't know it already. It's a book review blog, which focuses on YA. I love it.

More Books! anonymous January 18 2008, 02:35:48 UTC

Hey, you've given me a challenge to work on!
Are you coming to knitting tomorrow? If so I will try to pull a few titles, if not I will try to work up a list for you...
If you do come to knitting, will you bring the Cat Bordhi book? I'm dying to see it!
Marie

ext_59120 January 18 2008, 03:00:09 UTC

I'm putting this in the carnival. I'll have a review of Kumaji up for the Carnival too. But I'm telling you right now. THUMBS DOWN!

Seriously it's got everything you don't want. I'm not even playing. I thought someone else was over reacting, picked up a book and holy smoking salmon doodoo. I learned my lesson.

Yes, it's only one book. But I don't want to go near the series now. If they let that book in, then they're nothing but TEEN Street Lit.

ext_59120 January 18 2008, 03:04:12 UTC

Kimani Press sorry.

oyceter January 21 2008, 22:32:53 UTC

Woe!! I only saw one book in Borders, and though it looked sort of generic chicklit-y, at least it was chicklit and not Gangs.

ext_59120 January 22 2008, 00:32:07 UTC

There's child abuse and drug use and just... Ow. Not what I think of as chick-lit.

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sarasusa January 18 2008, 03:16:23 UTC

I accidentally deleted my (long) draft list mid-edit. So this time I'm going to omit the Amazon hyperlinks and just recreate it as best I can, quick and dirty ( ... )

oyceter January 21 2008, 22:33:08 UTC

You are awesome, thank you so much!

sarasusa January 22 2008, 02:12:16 UTC

Enjoy! :-)

Actually, here's one more title--I just finished (and loved) it:

So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez (California, contemporary--viewpoint shifts between Xio (Mexican-American girl) and Frederick (Anglo boy), both thirteen-year-olds).

oyceter January 22 2008, 18:58:02 UTC

Oh yay! I've borrowed several of his books before and never got around to reading them because they're mostly about boys (I should read them, because gay boy romances! but I don't for some reason). I'll try to find this too.