Summer Reading!
My Summer Goal: read as many diverse
books as I possibly could in effort to add more "mirrors & windows"
to our SBA student library. Some of the books I read, particularly the
ones I couldn't see myself in at all, caused me to think about our diverse
student population and how often they come to the library and can't find a book
that feels like a mirror to them. Or, maybe they don't come at all
because they just assume they won't one. Either way, I intentionally sought
out books with diverse characters and stories and I'm happy to say that the
books I read and more have already been purchased for the SBA Library.
I'd love your thoughts for titles and authors we should add.
LGBTQ Books
- George by Alex
Gino
- Gracefully
Grayson by
Amy Polinski (A middle
school boy, Grayson, only sees a girl when he looks in the mirror and
knows he should have been born female. The book is his story of
playing the female lead in the school and all that comes with.)
- The Pants
Project by
Cat Clarke (Liv
knows she's really a boy and hates that she's forced to wear a skirt as
part of her school's uniform. What I really liked about this book is
that there is a lot of diversity-Liv has two moms and her friend at school
has a physical disability).
- Boy Meets Boy by David
Levithan (Paul
is an openly gay high school student in what seems like a pretty
progressive high school-many openly gay students, the quarterback of the
football team is also the homecoming Queen, named Infinite Darlene.
*mature, probably for 8th grade)
- So Hard to
Say by
Alex Sanchez
Culturally Diverse Books
- If I Ever Get Out
of Here by Eric Gansworth (Lewis, lives
in poverty on a Native American reservation while going to a
primarily white school and the discrimination and challenges he faced. )
- Somewhere Among by Annie
Donwerth-Chikamatsu
- The
Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera
Hiranandani (Nadia is half Indian and half Jewish dealing with
some seriously life changing events.)
Additional Books I read and enjoyed
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
- Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Raymie Nightingale by Katie DiCamillo
- Just Another Girl by Elizabeth Eulberg
- Worthy by Donna Cooner
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