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We Need Diverse Books
I know I missed We Need Diverse Books week or Banned Books week, but it took a while to compile this list of all the contemporary YA I’ve read over the years. Some overla since no one can be fit into one label, but I labeled some of them as many are #OwnVoices. Since it’s…
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#aaronh.aceves, #aashnaavachat, #abgailhingwei, #africanamericanfiction, #africanamericanmcs, #aishasaed, #ajsteiger, #akemidawnbowman, #alexandraleighyoung, #angelinaboulley, #angiethomas, #annagarcia, #annasortino, #aritison, #autumnallen, #beckyalbertalli, #bessiefloreszaldivar, #blackmcs, #brianleeyoung, #byrongraves, #camryngarrett, #candiceiloh, #candicejailili, #claireforrest, #crystalmaldonando, #cynthialeitichsmith, #dahliaadler, #davidyoon, #dawnquigley, #disabiledmcs, #edwidgedanticat, #elisabryant, #elizabethacevedo, #elizabethsantiago, #emerylee, #emikojean, #ericsmith, #erikatwurth, #farahnazrishi, #fredaceves, #ftlukens, #gloriachao, #guadalupegarciamccall, #haileyalcaraz, #haylelyneil, #hispanicmcs, #I.W.gregorio, #ibizoboi, #indigenousfiction, #indigenousmcs, #indigenousYA, #isaacblum, #jadeadia, #janeigaro, #jennnguyen, #jennyhan, #jesmeenknurdeo, #jesmminemendez, #jessicaverdis, #jewishrepresentation, #jewishYA, #joyagoffney, #juliemurphy, #kacencallender, #kathrynormsbee, #kauakanilehuamahoeadams, #kellyyang, #khadijahvanbrakle, #kwameivery, #lamargiles, #laurelfloresfantauzzo, #leahjohnson, #levrosen, #leylabrittan, #lilariesen, #lizaweimer, #loanle, #lylalee, #maggiehorne, #mariae.andreu, #mariekenijkamp, #mariemarquardt, #marikoturj, #maurenegoo, #mayracuevas, #megmedina, #melatilum, #melissadelacruz, #michellequach, #middleeasternrepresentation, #misasugiura, #mitaliperkins, #monicagomezhira, #muslimmcs, #muslimYA, #nadinibaijapi, #nataliesylvester, #navdeepsinghdhillon, #nicolayoon, #nicstone, #oliviaabhati, #patriciapark, #paulajfreedman, #peytonthomas, #pintipdunn, #priyankataslim, #rachellynnsolomon, #rachelreads&reviews, #randaabdelfattah, #reamshukairy, #reneewatson, #renepenagovea, #robintalley, #sabaatahir, #sabinakhan, #samiraahmed, #sandhyamenon, #sandraproudman, #sarabarnard, #sarahkuhn, #saytanidasgupta, #seemayasmin, #shanahkhubiar, #shannonc.f.rogers, #skali, #staceylee, #stephenlee, #stevensalvatore, #susanazimboyer, #susanlee, #taheranmafi, #tamicharles, #tanyaboteju, #tashiebhuiyan, #terryfarish, #tiffanyjackson, #traceybadua, #unalamarche, #vinchetchum, #waichim, #YA -
Book Highlight: Legendary Frybread Drive-In
The road to Sandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-In slips through every rez and alongside every urban Native hangout. The menu offers a rotating feast, including traditional eats and tasty snacks. But Sandy June’s serves up more than it hosts live music, movie nights, unexpected family reunions, love long lost, and love found again. That big…
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#a.j.eversole, #anathology, #andrealrogers, #angelinaboulley, #brianyoung, #byrongraves, #cherylisaacs, #christinehartmanderr, #cynthialeitichsmith, #darcialittlebadger, #davidalexanderrobinson, #ericgansworth, #harpercollins, #heartdrum, #indigenous, #indigenousfiction, #indigenousmcs, #intertribalstories, #jenferguson, #k.a.cobell, #karinaiceberg, #katehart, #kauamāhoeadams, #marcellabell, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA -
Winter Books
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Someone said that this was like a modern Bridget Jones Diary but I’d say this was a bit deeper than that. Yes, the titular Queenie does have a bonkers love life and sometimes she doesn’t know how to put the oven on and her personal and business life cna get messy…
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#alyssasheinmel, #amatchmadeinmehendi, #anathology, #ancestorapproved, #andrealrogers, #annameriano, #apartment1986, #ariadne, #artcoulson, #awrinkleintime, #balzerandbray, #beachblondes, #bloomsbury, #bothsidesnow, #bradburybooks, #brianyoung, #candicecartywilliams, #candlewickpress, #carolelindstrom, #christinaday, #cynthialeitichsmith, #davidarobertson, #dawnquigley, #delcourtpress, #elektra, #elisebryant, #ellenhagan, #ericgansworth, #erikatwurth, #firstgeneration, #forever, #greekmythology, #happilyeverafters, #harpercollins, #harrietthespy, #heartdrum, #heathervogelfrederick, #horror, #ifyoudon'thaveanythingnicetosay, #indigenous, #inkyardpress, #inspiringpublishers, #isaacblum, #iwgregorio, #jackofheartsandotherparts, #jasminezumidehneedsawin, #jennifersaint, #jennihendriks, #josephbruchac, #judyblume, #juslikehome, #katherineapplegate, #kathrynormsbee, #kimrogers, #leilasales, #levacrosen, #lisapapademetriou, #littlebrownbooksforyoungreaders, #louisefitzgerald, #luckofthetitanic, #macmillan, #madelinelengle, #megmedina, #moniquegreysmith, #nandinibajpai, #noneoftheabove, #onceuponatoad, #penguinrandomhouse, #peytonthomas, #philomelbooks, #putnam'ssons, #queenie, #realisticfiction, #rebeccaroanhorse, #reneewatson, #sandraneilwallace, #sarahgailey, #scholastic, #seoulmates, #simon&schuster, #sohoteen, #sohoteens, #sourcebooks, #stacylee, #susanazimboyer, #susanlee, #tashheartstolstoy, #tedcaplan, #thedownstairsgirl, #thelifeandcrimesofhoodierosen, #theproblemwiththeotherside, #thisishowwefly, #timtingle, #tracisorell, #unpregnant, #vikingbooksforyoungreaders, #watchusrise, #whatkindofgirl, #YA, #yaquidelgadowantstokickyourass -
Cynthia Leitich Smith Interview
1. While there’s a call for diversity in literature these days and an audience for these stories, what was it like in the beginning for you to break into this industry to share your stories focusing on your heritage? My first book manuscript, JINGLE DANCER, sold in the late 1990s and was published…
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Rachel’s Diverse Reads of 2021
I decided last year to expand my reading from the deliciously fun backstabbing frenemy series like Gossip Girl and Beauty Queens to a group diverse YA standalone book so here are my reviews. They’re a bit short since I wrote it after I read all the books, which again was over the year, so it’s…
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#adialsaid, #ajsteiger, #alisongervis, #americanpanda, #americanstreet, #angiethomas, #averylargeexpanseofsea, #brittalundin, #camp, #camryngarret, #comeonin, #concreterose, #crystalmaldonando, #cynthialeitichsmith, #diverse, #elizabethavecedo, #fatchanceCharlieVega, #felixeverafter, #fiction, #francescha, #gloriacho, #heartsunbroken, #i'llbetheone, #ibizoboi, #ifIhadyourface, #kacencallender, #leahjohnson, #levacrosen, #lgtbq, #likeothergirls, #lylalee, #magicalrealism, #misasugiura, #misfitinlove, #mitaliperkins, #nataliasylvester, #nexttimewillbedifferent, #offtherecord, #piecingmetogether, #pulp, #quietkindofthunder, #rachelreads&reviews, #realisticfiction, #reneewatson, #robintalley, #running, #saintsandmisfits, #sarabernard, #skali, #taheranmafi, #thesilencebetweenus, #todaytonighttomorrow, #topicalissues, #whenmyheartjoinsthethousands, #withthefireonhigh, #YA, #youbringthedistantnear, #youshouldseemeinacrown
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