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30 Young Adult Books with Multiracial Protagonists

6/3/2020

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For the last year I  have been searching for books to put on my classroom shelves that would give more of a representation of multiracial heritages.  My current school is very diverse.  Many of my students are multiracial like me.  I want my students to be able to see themselves in the literature offered in my library instead of having the same experience I did (and still do) in reading.  I want my students to realize that we don't have to inhabit just one world, but we are all made up of many pieces of a puzzle. 

Unfortunately, it's a tall order to ask for a mirror of my specific story.  (Surprisingly, no one has written about living on a Midwestern farm with a White mom and a Black/Carib Indian father.  2020 has been both a liberating and a marginalizing time to be multiracial for me.) Not unfortunately, more and more authors are writing about their own multiracial experiences or creating characters that will represent them.  I pray that my students will see themselves in these books but will also be opened up to new cultures and inclusive ways of thinking.  

​Below are a few of the books that I have added to my classroom shelves for next year, listed in alphabetical order by title.   I even threw in a few middle grade novels!  Some I've read, and some I haven't.  I would love to add even more to this list with your help!  

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10 Audiobooks to Help You on Your Commute

7/2/2016

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Audiobooks don't get enough credit in my opinion.  There are a lot of great reasons to start listening to audiobooks, if you haven't already.  You can work with your hands while listening to great fiction or non-fiction.  You can listen while you're falling asleep or are just tired of reading printed words.  Sometimes I switch to the audio version of a book I'm reading if I can't seem to pay attention to the words on the page, and it usually captures my attention enough to finish the book.  In fact, I'm listening to an audiobook right now.  My favorite way to listen to an audiobook is while I'm cleaning or while commuting 40+ minutes to and from work.  Here is a list of my top ten favorite books or series that I've listened to so far.

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