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42 Diverse Must-Have YA Titles for Every Library

School Library Journal compiled a list of 42 YA books they think succesfully reflect real-life teens and their peers living in today's society. What do you think? Have you read any/many of them? Btw, although it says 42 books in the title I counted only 41...
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Does My Head Look Big in This? (Randa Abdel-Fattah)
Does My Head Look Big in This?
1
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights (Ann Bausum)
Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
2
Ann Bausum
Tyrell
Tyrell
3
Dreaming in Indian (Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale)
Dreaming in Indian
4
Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale
The Reader (Traci Chee)
The Reader
5
Traci Chee
Ball Don't Lie
Ball Don't Lie
6
Forged by Fire
Forged by Fire
7
If You Could Be Mine
If You Could Be Mine
8
The Great American Whatever (Tim Federle)
The Great American Whatever
9
Tim Federle
The Skin I'm in (Sharon G. Flake)
The Skin I'm In
10
Sharon G. Flake
Conviction (Kelly Loy Gilbert)
Conviction
11
Kelly Loy Gilbert
Bronx Masquerade (Nikki Grimes)
Bronx Masquerade
12
Nikki Grimes
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Philip M. Hoose)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
13
Philip M. Hoose
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World (Kelly Jenson)
Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World
14
Kelly Jenson
Like No Other (Una Lamarche)
Like No Other
15
Una Lamarche
Boy Meets Boy (David Levithan)
Boy Meets Boy
16
David Levithan
"March Trilogy" (John Lewis & Andrew Aydin)
"March Trilogy"
17
John Lewis & Andrew Aydin
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx (Sonia Manzano)
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx
18
Sonia Manzano
Burn Baby Burn (Meg Medina)
Burn Baby Burn
19
Meg Medina
When Dimple Met Rishi (Menon)
When Dimple Met Rishi
20
Menon
A Step From Heaven
A Step From Heaven
21
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection (Ed. by Hope Nicholson)
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection
22
Ed. by Hope Nicholson
"Prophecy" Series (Ellen Oh)
"Prophecy" Series
23
Ellen Oh
Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu)
Akata Witch
24
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Shadowshaper (Daniel Jose Older)
Shadowshaper
25
Daniel Jose Older
Out of Darkness (Ashley Hope Perez)
Out of Darkness
26
Ashley Hope Perez
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound (Andrea Davis Pinkney)
Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
27
Andrea Davis Pinkney
If I Was Your Girl (Meredith Russo)
If I Was Your Girl
28
Meredith Russo
X: A Novel (Ilyasah Shabazz)
X: A Novel
29
Ilyasah Shabazz
The Port Chicago 50 : Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Steve Sheinkin)
The Port Chicago 50 : Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
30
Steve Sheinkin
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team (Steve Sheinkin)
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
31
Steve Sheinkin
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story (Caren Stelson)
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
32
Caren Stelson
Nimona (Noelle Stevenson)
Nimona
33
Noelle Stevenson
Almost Astronauts : 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Tanya Lee Stone)
Almost Astronauts : 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
34
Tanya Lee Stone
Marcelo in the Real World (Francisco X. Stork)
Marcelo in the Real World
35
Francisco X. Stork
This One Summer (Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki)
This One Summer
36
Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
37
Angie Thomas
Samurai Rising (Pamela S. Turner)
Samurai Rising
38
Pamela S. Turner
Piecing Me Together (Renee Watson)
Piecing Me Together
39
Renee Watson
Everything Everything (Nicola Yoon)
Everything Everything
40
Nicola Yoon
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