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In the Castle of My Skin

George Lamming

In the Castle of My Skin cover
Barbados

A Barbadian childhood, and colonialism arriving without announcement.

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In the Country of Men

Hisham Matar

In the Country of Men cover
Libya

Gaddafi's Libya, seen through a nine-year-old.

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In the Shadow of the Banyan

Vaddey Ratner

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Cambodia

A Cambodian princess. The Khmer Rouge. Her father's stories keep her alive.

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It Ain't So Awful, Falafel

Firoozeh Dumas

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel cover
Iran

Iranian American in 1979. Her country is on the news. Not in a good way.

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Just Kids

Patti Smith

Just Kids cover

Patti Smith’s punk love letter.

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Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane

Kaffir Boy cover
South Africa

Growing up Black under apartheid, from the inside.

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club cover
North America

1954. Chinatown. A lesbian bar. Everything to lose.

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Lawn Boy

Jonathan Evison

Lawn Boy cover

He started a lawn business. The economy had other plans.

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March: Book One

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell

March: Book One cover

The blueprint for nonviolent revolution.

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Matilda

Roald Dahl

Matilda cover

A genius child. A monstrous headmistress. Justice delivered.

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Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris

Me Talk Pretty One Day cover

Grammar, meet neurosis.

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Melissa (previously published as GEORGE)

Alex Gino

Melissa (previously published as GEORGE) cover

Identity, courage, and bathroom politics.

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Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Meg Medina

Merci Suárez Changes Gears cover

Scholarship kid. Cuban family. Grandfather forgetting. Nobody talking.

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Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children cover
India

Born at midnight on independence day. Handcuffed to history.

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Monkey Beach

Eden Robinson

Monkey Beach cover
Canada

A Haisla woman goes looking for her brother and her ghosts.

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My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante

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Italy

Two girls in Naples. One escapes. Neither is free.

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My Broken Language

Quiara Alegría Hudes

My Broken Language cover

She built *In the Heights* from one block in North Philly.

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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go cover

Love story on borrowed time.

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New Kid

Jerry Craft

New Kid cover

Middle school, race, and real talk.

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist cover

One night. New York. Two people who speak in music.

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Notes of a Crocodile

Qiu Miaojin

Notes of a Crocodile cover
Taiwan

Queer life in Taipei. A crocodile in a human suit.

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Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis cover
Iran

Rebellion drawn in black ink.

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Piecing Me Together

Renée Watson

Piecing Me Together cover

She earned the scholarship. She's tired of being the diversity program.

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Prayers for the Stolen

Jennifer Clement

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Mexico

Girls raised to disappear before the cartel finds them.

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