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Author
Series
Nahx invasions volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen year-old Raven, injured and still grieving over her boyfriend's death by the invading Nahx, crosses paths with Eighth, a Nyx warrior who has deserted his unit and abandoned his directives, and as the world falls apart around them, the two learn to trust each other in order to survive.
82) Whale talk
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Intellectually and athletically gifted, T.J., a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When identities cross boundaries, with love that knows no bounds. From platonic and romantic love to grief and heartbreak, these stories explore navigating life at the intersection of identities, and what it means to grow up surrounded by a multitude of traditions, languages, cultures, and interpersonal dynamics. Returning to a father's homeland. Trying to fit in at chaotic weddings and lavish birthday parties where not all are welcome. Processing...
Author
Publisher
Completion Enterprises LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In this dramatic and beautifully written memoir, the author explores questions of race, adoption and identity, not as the professor of cultural studies that she became, but as the Black child of German settlers in Guatemala who called her their "little Moor." Her journey into investigating the mystery of how these White foreigners became her parents begins when she reluctantly considered joining an African-American organization at the U.S. College...
87) Pretty fierce
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After being jumped by a hit man, Kaia's secret life as the child of professional assassins is revealed to her clueless boyfriend Oliver as the two go on the run looking for Kaia's missing parents.
Author
Series
Momotaro volume 2
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"To rid himself of nightmares, twelve-year-old Xander summons the baku, a mythical creature that eats dreams, but he goes too far and jeopardizes all his dreams as well as the dreams of his family and friends"--
90) Good job, Kanani
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 2
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When a ten-year-old Hawaiian girl spends more time selling "shave ice" and less time surfing, her relationship with her best friend begins to unravel.
91) Calloused hands
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
12-year-old Josh is a mixed race boy and a promising baseball player. He is abused by his mother's boyfriend Byrd, and neglected by his mother Debbie. He forges his own path in life when his estranged grandfather insists he study for his Bar Mitzvah.
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Two grandmas. Two delicious recipes. Sophie loves Bubbe's Jewish chicken soup, made with kreplach. She also loves Nai Nai's Chinese chicken soup, with wonton. But don't tell Bubbe and Nai Nai that their soups are the same!"--
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Una bilingüe, chica multirracial valiente encuentra su propia manera de conquistar su miedo del monstruo nocturno que misteriosamente aparece en su casa. Incluye notas y glosario de autor
"A spunky, bilingual, multiracial girl finds her own way to conquer her fear of the nighttime monster that mysteriously appears in her home. Includes author's note and glossary"--
Author
Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misnamed Oasis Mobile Estates is all they can afford. In this new community, where residents are down on their luck but rich in humor and escape plans, Lara navigates what it means to be the Black, biracial daughter of a Russian mother and begins to wonder what a life beyond Yevgenia's orbit--insistence on reading only the right kind of books (Russian),...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After a bewildering encounter at her small town's annual summer festival, seventeen-year-old biracial, queer Nima plunges into the world of drag, where she has the chance to explore questions of identity, acceptance, self-expression, and love.
96) The land
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Paul-Edward, son of a white plantation owner and a slave mother, follows his dream of owning his own land through hard work and determination.
Author
Series
Momotaro volume 1
Publisher
Disney*HYPERION
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Xander discovers and learns to use the fantastic powers that are his birthright in order to save his father. Based on Japanese mythology.
99) Penumbra
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a white mother and black father, beautician and undertaker's assistant Jade Dupree comes to the aid of her white half-sister, Marlena, when the woman is found badly beaten and her young daughter kidnapped.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sharlot Citra is whisked from Los Angeles to her mother's native Indonesia, where she finds herself fake dating the son of one of the wealthiest families in Indonesia, and she is surprised when she actually starts to fall in love with the boy, the country, and the big family she never knew before.
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