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Category Archives: Diversity
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo
Check out The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo at the Smith Public Library today!
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi About: Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the … Continue reading
Audrey’s Best of 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas This is THE YA title of 2017. If you read one YA in 2017, this should be it. THUG is the story of 16yo Starr Carter who moves between two … Continue reading
Posted in #metoo, American History, Audrey, Best of 2017, Black History Matters, Black Lives Matter, character driven, civil rights, college, coming of age, contemporary, culturally driven, Diversity, female writers, Feminism, graphic novel, History, Immigration, Korean American, magic realism, multicultural, police brutality, realistic fiction, science fiction, time travel, urban fantasy
Tagged American Street, Angie Thomas, Best of 2017, Damian Duffy, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer Mathieu, Kindred, Moxie, Nicola Yoon, Octavia Butler, Riot Grrrl, The Hate U Give, The Sun is Also a Star, THUG, YALit
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo Desi is the student-body president, a straight A student, on the soccer team, and is planning to go to Stanford and become a surgeon. She, also, believes that you can … Continue reading
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo About: A disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, dating, Diversity, Korean American, love, Yentl, young adult
Tagged I Believe in a Thing Called Love, K Drama, Korean American, Maurene Goo
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie About: This is the story of 14 year-old Arnold Spirit (aka Junior). Junior is Native American. He lives on a reservation (The Rez) near Spokane, Washington, with his family. … Continue reading