Any book suggestions written by people of color for a preteen/teen?
Any book suggestions written by people of color for a preteen/teen?
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Any book suggestions written by people of color for a preteen/teen?
The skin I’m in by Sharon g. Flake
Bluford high series by Anne schaff and Paul Logan, etc
Thank you, Joi!
Walter dean Myers shooter. And Jason Reynolds. Both authors are for teens
top suggestion is the HATE YOU GIVE but you can also try this https://amzn.to/2sgzJBO
The Hate U Give
Dear Brown Girls– this is a compilation of letters and essays on loving the skin you are in.
Another Brooklyn (not preteen) or Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.
Thank you for responding, everyone!
Letters to a young sister (brother) by hill Harper.
Author Portia Moore, she is a great author
Angela Johnson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/272339.Maizon_at_Blue_Hill?ac=1&from_search=true
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43015.A_Long_Way_Gone?ac=1&from_search=true
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
Thank you again, everyone!
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexis
Excellent one!
Not literally written by…but ….The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks is about a nine year old little girl who was the youngest to be arrested during the civil rights movement. It is written for K-Grade 4. It is a worthy read for all little ones.
Zahrah The Windseeker. One of the best books I’ve read this year.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1257586.Zahrah_the_Windseeker
Same author wrote Akata Witch. I did not like it as much as the other, but a lot of people give it good reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7507944-akata-witch
Shadow Shaper by Daniel Josè Older
The Hate You Give Angie Thomas
The Hate U Give
If the teen likes fantasy – Akata Witch, Children Of Blood And Bone, Shadowshaper, The Belles, Dread Nation, Labyrinth Lost
If they like contemporary – Let’s Talk About Love, The Hate U Give, Dear Martin, When Dimple Met Rishi
Piecing Me Together
https://books.google.com/books/about/Piecing_Me_Together.html?id=hDjgDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button
Boy in the Striped Pajamas , I Am Malala
Mare’s War by Tanita Davis!!
Also, Peas and Carrots by Tanita Davis
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton and Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adyemi 🙂
Monster
The Hate U Give
Dear Martin
Fallen Angels (Walter Dean Myers)- a must read
Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian