Young Adult Books

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If you have read Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody, you might like:                                                      

 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor.                                                                           

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If you have read There, There by Tommy Orange, you might like: 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. 

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If you have read The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, you might like:   

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adyemi.   

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If you have read Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, you might like: 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.  

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I you have read Becoming by Michelle Obama, you might like:

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson.    

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If you have read Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn, you might like: 

 

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  American Street by Ibi Zoboi. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have read The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehesi Coates, you might like:

47 by Walter Mosley.

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If you have read The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, you might like:   

 All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely.  

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Also, for you young at heart, you might like: The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, The Book of Dust: LaBelle Sauvage by Philip Pullman, Warcross by Marie Lu, Dear Martin by Nic Stone, Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (or anything by John Green), What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum, An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir, The Hate You Give by Angela Thomas, The Crossover by Kawame Alexander, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, Piecing Me Together by Renee' Watson, Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, Every Day by David Levithan, Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon, Scythe by Neal Shusterman, The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter, and As I Descended by Robin Talley.    

  

 

      

      

By LindaC on August 6, 2021