Diverse YA Books
These books are all critically acclaimed, and they feature characters across the mosaic of culture, gender, ethnicity, and identity. Some characters face mental or physical challenges, and some deal with poverty. All make for incredible discussion points for classrooms and family dinner conversations and open teens' minds to the myriad ways we all encounter the world, and each other.
This Book Betrays My Brother
The Story of My Face
(you) Set Me On Fire
Lesser Blessed
Chanda's Secrets
God Loves Hair
Just Lucky
Away Running
Girl Mans Up
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
Rabbit Ears
OCDaniel
Saints and Misfits
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Munro vs. the Coyote
The Art of Getting Stared At
Are You Seeing Me?
Burn
Free as a Bird
The White Bicycle
The Outside Circle
A Graphic Novel
Don't Tell, Don't Tell, Don't Tell
Walking Home
