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By Marlene Nourbese Philip. 1988
Fourteen-year-old Margaret is growing up black in a white society, and female in a paternalistic West Indian community. Determined to…
be somebody in Canada, she adopts the persona of Harriet Tubman, the black woman who helped slaves escape from the United States to Canada. Nominated for the City of Toronto Award. For junior and senior high readers. 1988.By Nat Hentoff. 1965
The story of Tom Curtis, a high-school senior, captures the white boy's longing to partake of the Black experience which,…
he thinks, will enable him to produce great jazz. For junior and senior high readers. 1965.By William H Armstrong. 1969
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows…
in courage and understanding by learning to read, and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder. Grades 5-8. Newbery Medal winner. 2002, c1969.By Julius Lester. 1972
By Pearl Abraham. 1996
Twelve-year-old Rachel, the oldest child in a strict Chassidic family, longs to experience the real world--like the one in the…
romance novels she sneaks into the house. As she grows up, she dares to try new things, embarrassing her family. Seeking freedom, Rachel, at seventeen, agrees to an arranged marriage. Some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 1996.By Harold Courlander. 1962
By Francine Pascal, Kate William. 1993
Annie Whitman, Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield's friend and sorority sister, will soon be their neighbour as well. Annie's mother is…
marrying a famous black photographer, and the family, which will include Cheryl - Annie's new stepsister - will be moving next door to the Wakefields. Annie is eager to make Cheryl feel at home at Sweet Valley High, but Cheryl doesn't seem interested in fitting in. Grades 5-8. 1993. (Sweet Valley High ; 93)By Beverley Naidoo. 1995
Escaping from his violent stepfather, 12-year-old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on…
the streets. But Sipho has to learn who to trust in the "new" South Africa. Grades 5-8.By Tanaz Bhathena. 2019
After her family moves from Saudi Arabia to Canada, Susan Thomas strives to meet her parents' expectations of excellence. Malcolm…
Vakil is the bad boy who started raising hell at age fifteen, after his mom died of cancer. Susan wants to be an artist. Malcolm doesn't know what he wants-- until he meets her. In spite of their differences-- and their burdens-- Susan and Malcolm fall for each other. As they drift apart and come back together, will they be able to be true to who they are? For junior and senior high readers. 2019.By Tanya Boteju. 2019
Judy Blume meets RuPaul's Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of…
identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag. Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother's unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. Macho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be-one that can confidently express and accept love. But she'll have to learn to accept lost love to get there. From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we're brave enough to look.By Jasmine Warga. 2019
A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to…
the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she'd be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven't quite prepared her for starting school in the US-and her new label of "Middle Eastern," an identity she's never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises-there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.By Rena Barron. 2019
Magic has a price-if you're willing to pay. The lush world building of Children of Blood and Bone meets the…
epic scale of Strange the Dreamer in this captivating epic YA fantasy debut. Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. There's only one thing Arrah hasn't tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic. Until the Kingdom's children begin to disappear, and Arrah is desperate to find the culprit. She uncovers something worse. The long-imprisoned Demon King is stirring. And if he rises, his hunger for souls will bring the world to its knees. unless Arrah pays the price for the magic to stop him. Inspired by tales of folk magic in her own community, Rena Barron spins a darkly magical tale perfect for fans of Three Dark Crowns or Shadow and Bone, about a girl caught between gods, monsters, and her own mother's schemes.By Sandhya Menon. 2019
"I'm head-over-heels for this charming, funny, romantic, life-affirming book." -Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the…
Homo Sapiens Agenda and Leah on the Offbeat The irresistible companion novel to the New York Times bestseller When Dimple Met Rishi, which follows Rishi's brother, Ashish, and a confident, self-proclaimed fat athlete named Sweetie as they both discover what love means to them. Ashish Patel didn't know love could be sosucky. After being dumped by his ex-girlfriend, his mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up. The Patels insist that Ashish date an Indian-American girl-under contract. Per subclause 1(a), he'll be taking his date on "fun" excursions like visiting the Hindu temple and his eccentric Gita Auntie. Kill him now. How is this ever going to work? Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and she's also fat. To Sweetie's traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death. Sweetie loves her parents, but she's so tired of being told she's lacking because she's fat. She decides it's time to kick off the Sassy Sweetie Project, where she'll show the world (and herself) what she's really made of. Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date they realize there's an unexpected magic growing between them. Can they find their true selves without losing each other?By Elizabeth Acevedo. 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling…
novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions-doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.By S. K. Ali. 2019
Eighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to…
find a way to live their own truths. For junior and senior high readers. 2019.By Erin Bow. 2019
A gripping new read from Erin Bow, acclaimed and bestselling author of Plain Kate and The Scorpion Rules! She had…
always heard that the eagle chooses the eagle hunter. She wanted that. She wanted her eagle to come to her. To choose her. It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too. When her parents leave to seek a cure for Serik in a distant hospital, Aisulu finds herself living with her intimidating uncle and strange auntie -- and secretly caring for an orphaned baby eagle. To save her brother and keep her family from having to leave their nomadic life behind forever, Aisulu must earn her eagle's trust and fight for her right to soar. Along the way, she discovers that family are people who choose each other, home is a place you build, and hope is a thing with feathers. Erin Bow's lyrical middle grade debut is perfect for fans of original animal-friendship stories like Pax and Because of Winn Dixie.By Michelle Kadarusman. 2019
From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita.…
Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at the train station, but too much of his earnings go toward his drinking habit. Too often Nia is left alone to take over the food cart as well as care for her brother and their home in the Jakarta slums. But Nia is determined to find a way to earn her school fees. After she survives a minibus accident unharmed and the locals say she is blessed with 'good luck magic,' Nia exploits the notion for all its worth by charging double for her fried bananas. Selling superstitions can be dangerous, and when the tide turns it becomes clear that Nia's future is being mapped without her consent. If Nia is to write a new story for herself, she must overcome more obstacles than she could ever have conceived of for her mythical princess, and summon courage she isn't sure she has. For junior high readers. 2019.By Joan Aiken. 1993
In 1840s England, fourteen-year-old Lucas and his young friend Anne-Marie are forced to flee when Midnight Court burns to the…
ground. They struggle to survive through tough times, and they learn to depend on each other through many adventures. For grades 6-9. 1987By Marilyn Sachs. 1995
By Louise Fitzhugh. 1992
Harriet M. Welsch, eleven, is a spy. She has her own sleuthing outfit and her special secret notebook in which…
she records observations--sometimes good and sometimes bad--about all of her friends. When members of her sixth-grade class discover the book, Harriet must find a way to get out of trouble. For grades 5-8