I am looking to expand my classroom library and, specifically, to make my collection more diverse. Please send me suggestions for diverse books, including (but not limited to) books that positively portray LGBT, African-American/African/Caribbean descent, Asian, Hispanic, Muslim, Jewish, and female characters. Certainly, if you have any books like
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Do you mind if I share your post on my LJ and see what my other flisters might come up with?
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So go out and get this book NOW! (And then obviously get the sequels)
8-)
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"Knife" by R. J. Anderson
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Yep. The protagonist in book 2 is one of the supporting characters from book 1.
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If teen or older, then anything (ANYTHING) by Malindo Lo or Andrew Smith.
The YALSA lit conference this year was focused mostly on diversity. Here are some great links:
http://weneeddiversebooks.org/where-to-find-diverse-books/
http://diversityinya.tumblr.com/tagged/DiYA-Lists
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook
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