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Black Voices in YA: Realistic Fiction
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One of the good ones : Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough?
by Maika Moulite
When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered.
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Happily ever afters
by Elise Bryant
A gifted young romance author is accepted into a prestigious writing program and suddenly loses her creativity, until an unexpected love comes her way
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Things We Couldn't Say
by Jay Coles
Just as Gio is getting his life together, he must deal with the return of his mother, who abandoned the family years ago, while dealing with his crush on a basketball player who is giving him mixed signals.
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Roman + Jewel
by Dana Davis
"Jerzie Jhames will do anything to land the lead role in Broadway's hottest new show, Roman and Jewel, a Romeo and Juliet inspired hip-hopera featuring a diverse cast and modern twists on the play. But her hopes are crushed when she learns mega-star Cinny won the lead...and Jerzie is her understudy. Falling for male lead Zeppelin Reid is a terrible idea--especially once Jerzie learns Cinny wants him for herself"
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Off the record
by Camryn Garrett
Winning a contest to write a celebrity profile for a professional magazine, 17-year-old Josie enters a rising star’s world of tours, production stress and eccentric stylists before a young actress’s terrible secret leads to a difficult choice. Simultaneous eBook.
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Where the Rhythm Takes You
by Sarah Dass
Presents a romantic, mesmerizing story of first love and second chances, all to the tunes of sweet soca music.
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On the come up
by Angie Thomas
A follow-up to the award-winning The Hate U Give finds an ambitious young rapper pouring her frustrations into a first song only to find herself at the center of a viral controversy that forces her to become the menace that her public reputation has portrayed her to be.
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The black kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed
Enjoying the luxuries of a privileged life in 1992 Los Angeles, a black high school senior is unexpectedly swept up in the vortex of the Rodney King Riots while her closest friends spread a rumor that could derail a fellow black student’s future. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Excuse me while I ugly cry
by Joya Goffney
"Quinn keeps lists of everything--from the days she's ugly cried, to "Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud" and all the boys she'd like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is,until her journal goes missing... Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett--the last known person to have her journal--in a race against time to track down the blackmailer. Together, they journey through everything Quinn's been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love"
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Long way down : the graphic novel
by Jason Reynolds
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know
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Pride
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice traces the experiences of a proud Brooklyn woman from a large, underprivileged family of sisters who clashes with a wealthy, arrogant newcomer.
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Rise to the sun
by Leah Johnson
An encounter at a music festival brings together two strangers—Toni, who is grieving the loss of her roadie father, and Olivia, a hopeless romantic—changing both of their lives forever. Simultaneous eBook.
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With the fire on high
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Navigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Sun Is Also A Star
by Nicola Yoon
A scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together.
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Simone Breaks All the Rules
by Debbie Rigaud
At seventeen Simone Thibodeaux is fed up with her over-protective mother's insistance on micro-managing her life, like picking her prom date from a "nice" Haitian immigrant family, and anyway she is determined to attend with Gavin Stackhouse (even if he does not know that yet); so together with her fellow late-bloomer friends Simone comes up with a bucket list of rule-breaking (like cutting classes, and sneaking out of the house)--but soon things get complicated, and Simone has to decide which rules are worth breaking, and which should just be left alone
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The marvelous
by Claire Kann
Chosen to compete in a mystery treasure hunt at the private estate of the creator of a massively popular video-sharing app, three girls soon realize that they are playing for more than just money—they are playing for their lives. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Love is a Revolution
by Renée Watson
Falling for an activist during an open-mic party, plus-sized Nala tells increasingly complicated lies about how much she shares her crush’s interests, before learning unanticipated lessons in radical love and self-love. 125,000 first printing.
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
by Ibi Zoboi
Edited by the National Book Award finalist and featuring contributions by a prestigious group of best-selling, award-winning and emerging African American young-adult authors, a timely literary collection shares modern insights into what it is like to be young and black in today's America.
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Blackout
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Six critically acclaimed, best-selling and award-winning authors celebrate Black teen love in this interlinked novel of heartwarming and hilarious stories that shine a bright light through the dark. Simultaneous eBook.
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