Finally the shortlist is ready! I'm in the first bracket and the books I will read are
Shine, Coconut moon by Neesha Meminger and Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim. They're both about ethnic minorities in America written by two women with similar backgrounds as their characters.
Shine, Coconut moon is about an Indian American girl.
While the second one, Skunk Girl is about a Pakistan American girl
My bracket seems to go perfectly with my resolution of reading more multicultural books. It'll be interesting to compare the two, and see how they deal with similar themes of identities and prejudices. I'm really looking forward to starting reading.
I've hardly heard of any of the books in the list, but I'm very excited to read all the reviews and decision. As usual I expect them to add buckets to my wish list!
Here are all the books in the tournament:
Donut Days - Lara Zielin
Me, Just Different – Stephanie Morrill
Pure – Terra Elan McVoy
The World is Mine – Lyah B. LeFlore
Gringolandia – Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Wanting More – Rukhsana Khan
Devil’s Kiss – Sarwat Chadda
Jumped – Rita Williams-Garcia
Guantanamo Boy – Anna Perera
Shine, Coconut Moon – Neesha Meminger
Skunk Girl – Sheba Karim
Last Night I Sang to the Monster – Ben Alire-Saenz
The Rock and the River – Kekla Magoon
Purple Heart – Patricia McCormick
Alligator Bayou – Donna Jo Napoli
A Wish After Midnight – Zetta Elliot
Medina Hill – Trilby Kent
Lost – Jacqueline Davies
In the Path of Falling Objects – Andrew Smith
Funny How Things Change - Melissa Wyatt
Blessing’s Bead – Debby Dahl-Edwardson
The Blonde of the Joke – Bennett Madison
Say the Word – Jeannine Garsee
In Mike We Trust – P E Ryan
Evil? – Timothy Carter
Beautiful – Amy Reed
Tilmon County Fire – Pamela Ehrenberg
The Vast Fields of Ordinary – Nick Burd
Once You Go Back – Douglas A. Martin
Anything but Typical – Nora Raleigh Baskin
Border Crossing – Jessica Lee-Anderson
Rowan the Strange- Julie Hearn
I recently picked up Guantanamo Boy from the library, but haven't got to it yet.I'm glad it made the list.
Do you know any of the others?
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5 comments:
I have Shine, Coconut Moon on my shelf and am really looking forward to it!
Your books sound great! I've seen reviews of Shine, Coconut Moon, but not of The Slunk Girl. Looking forward to yours.
Hahaha they will be asking if you want half fare on the bus next ;) Yay I'm so jazzed that you're judging NHYA this year and glad you like your book choices (I have Shine on my own bookshelves). Have fun reading.
Oh gosh all of those sound great. I've heard of many of them already and they're definitely on my tbr list. I hope to read Shine, Coconut Moon soon! ;)
I'm super excited about being a part of Nerds Heart YA, too. I haven't heard of most of the books, so it will be interesting to check them all out. I just read SHINE, COCONUT MOON, but my library didn't have SKUNK GIRL. I wonder how the two compare?
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