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Junior CP Book Club Ideas_Fall 2018: Home

African American Characters

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
444 pages
YOUNG ADULT
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
330 pages
YOUNG ADULT
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
380 pages
ADULT
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
368 pages
NONFICTION / BIOGRAPHY
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely

Hindu | Indian American Characters

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Publication Date: 2017-09

256 pages
YOUNG ADULT
lots of awards
*** this would be my choice ***
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Publication Date: 2017-05

384 pages
YOUNG ADULT

Muslim | Indian American Characters

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
Hard Cover only
385 pages
ADULT

Latino American Characters

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
350 pages
still in hardcover only
YOUNG ADULT
* underage drinking
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande
Publication Date: 2012

325 pages
ADULT
MEMOIR
*** This would be my choice ***
In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
Publication Date: 2016

288 pages
ADULT
MEMOIR

Gender Identity / LGBTQ+ Characters

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Publication Date: 2017-05

320 pages
YOUNG ADULT
scene where characters smoke marijuana; some underage drinking
*** this would be my choice ***
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
359 pages
YOUNG ADULT
* some marijuana use / underage drinking

Asian American Characters

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
300 pages
ADULT
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
350 pages
ADULT
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
304 pages
ADULT

Socio-Economic Divides

The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
Publication Date: 2011

320 pages
ADULT
*** this would be my choice ***
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Publication Date: 2005

288 pages
ADULT
MEMOIR // newly a movie

Neurodivergent Characters

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
312 pages
YOUNG ADULT
- more coming-of-age than American dream?
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
320 pages
YOUNG ADULT
Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern