Literary Fiction by People of Color discussion

Hi. I'm feeling a little bit disconnected from my culture so if you have ya books by african-american or asian authors that would be amazing.

Hi, have you read "The New Kid" by Jerry Craft?

It's a well done graphic novel and won the Newbery Award. It has the classic issues of fitting in, making friends, helping others, bullying, race, socio-economics, conflicts with parents, other kids, etc. I gave it 4 stars.

Probably some of these will be obvious, but hopefully not all!

Binti series or Akata Witch series by Nnedi Okorafor
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Act of Grace by Karen Simpson

I love reading YA and picture books are my happy place. I would recommend the fantasy series The Gilded Ones (Book 1) and The Merciless (Book 2). It has a couple of social issues in there. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu is a fun read that mixes is Nigerian culture and folklore with superheroism to give middle schoolers a nice read about identity and self-acceptance. There is supposed to be a film adapation of this one. The book that I am reading now is Imposter Syndrome and other confessions of Alejanda Kim by Patricia Park. I haven't really dived into it because I am reading some other books but the first chapter is good.

These are all some of my favorite YA books, period, that are by African-American or Asian-America authors.

I hope you find some that you connect to.

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Spin by Lamar Giles

A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan