Diaspora
The collection of novels in this section center stories by and about various diaspora groups around the world and the general overlapping of cultures. Many people belong to, not one culture or national identity, but to more than one, if not multiple. The protagonists of these stories are affected by their blended cultural identities as they navigate a fantasy world, a school crush and more!
Pachinko
Pachinko is a historical fiction novel that follows the life of a Korean family who immigrated to Japan, and narrates their struggles with discrimination and stereotyping over the course of generations- the typical experience for a Korean immigrant settling in Japan at the time.
This book is recommended for young adult audiences.
Learn More About the Author Here: https://www.minjinlee.com/
The Lies of the Ajungo
Follow one boy's journey to bring water back to his city in the first installation in this sci-fi, fantasy duology - The Lies of the Ajungo, by the author Moses Ose Utomi. In his quest to save his mother’s life, the protagonist Tutu will embark on this perilous adventure under the shadow of the terrifying Ajungo Empire into the desert.
This book is recommended for young adult audiences.
Learn More About the Author Here: https://www.mosesoseutomi.com/
The Adventures Of Amina Al-Sirafi
“Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse: retrieve her comrade’s kidnapped daughter for a kingly sum.
Yet the deeper Amina dives, the more it becomes alarmingly clear there’s more to this job, and the girl’s disappearance, than she was led to believe. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend, to seize one last chance at glory, to savor just a bit more power…and the price might be your very soul”
This book is recommended for young adult audiences.
Learn More About the Author Here: https://www.sachakraborty.com/about.html
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Yamilet Flores, the protagonist of The Lesbianas Guide to Catholic School, narrates her experience as a closeted queer Catholic school student navigating her new high school: a predominantly white, catholic school. The book includes themes of "found family", self-acceptance, and the relationship between queerness and religion.
The author, Sonora Reyes, drew on her experience “growing up as a closeted queer Catholic school student to inform the book's content”
This book is recommended for young adult audiences.
Learn More About the Author Here: https://www.sonorareyes.com/
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