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Diverse Books Need Us: Middle School Grade

Middle School Book Suggestions

Books that Feature Characters who are Asian

Link to Almost American Girl by Robin Ha in the catalog.
Link to Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed in the catalog.
Link to American as Paneer Pie by Supriya Kelkar in the catalog.
Link to Amina's Voice by Hena Khan in the catalog.
Link to Bronze and Sunflower by Wexuan Cao in the catalog.

Books that Feature Characters who are Black

Link to Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson in the catalog.
Link to Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson in the catalog.
Link to The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson in the catalog
Link to Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz in the catalog.
Link to Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes in the catalog.

Books that Feature Characters who are Latinx

Link to Challie Hernadez series by Ryab Calejo in the catalog.
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya in the catalog.
Link to the First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez in the catalog.
Link to Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson in the catalog.
Link to Heat by Mike Lupica in the catalog.

Books that Feature Characters who are LGBTQ+

Link to the Best At It by Maulik Pancholy in the catalog.
Link to The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thompson in the catalog
Link to The Best Peck by Richard Peck in the catalog.
Link to Deep and Dark Blue by Niki Smith in the catalog.

Books that Feature Characters who are Indigenous

Books that Feature Characters with Neurodiversity

 

Link to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor in the catalog.
Link to The Brave by James Bird in the catalog.
Link to Can you See Me? by Libby Scott in the catalog.
Link to The Color of Sound by Emily Barth Isler in the catalog.
Link to the Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson in the catalog.

Books that Feature Characters with a Disability

Link to El Deafo by Cece Bell in the catalog.
Link to Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt in the catalog
Link to Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling in the catalog.
Link to Macy McMillian and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green in the catalog.
Link to Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya in the catalog