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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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What to Do If You're Too Anxious to Read

3/20/2020

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Friends, we're in the thick of it right now. Life is changing by the second it seems, and all you want to do is escape.  It would seem easy enough to grab a book off your ever-growing book shelves, but what happens when your favorite pastime is something you simply can't concentrate on anymore?  Below I've compiled a list of tips and tricks that have gotten me back into my reading groove in the past. I'm hoping it will help you as much as it helped me.  

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