Books by non-white authors

When our worlds collided

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Sabiha Patel Author: Danielle Jawando Form: YA Novel Length: 368 pages Brief synopsis: After fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed, three teenagers from different walks of life are thrown together …

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Born A Crime

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Jane Hill Contact: @codenamejane | @klslibrary Author: Trevor Noah Length: 288 pages Brief synopsis: A comedian’s account of growing up as the child of a white father and black …

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And The Stars Were Burning Brightly

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Marie Bartlett  Contact: @LibraryLady Author: Danielle Jawando Form: YA Prose Novel Length: 388 pages Brief synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own …

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I Am The Subway

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Natalie Walker Contact: @natwalk87 Author: Kim Hyo Eun Form: Information and poetry picturebook Length: 52 pages Brief Summary: A beautiful information book set on the subway in Seol. …

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Safiyyah’s War

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Hiba Noor Khan Form: Prose novel – historical fiction Brief summary: Set during the occupation of Paris in WW2 and based on a …

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Brown Girl Dreaming

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Jacqueline Woodson Form: Verse Memoir Brief synopsis: In stunningly crafted poems, Jacqueline Woodson describes her upbringing in 1960s South Carolina and New York …

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When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Claire Peasegood @MrsPeasegood Form: Prose Novel Length: 320 pages Brief Synopsis: YA novel written by Jewish author whose family has been impacted by the Holocaust. Three friends whose …

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Ellie Pillai is Brown by Christine Pillainayagam

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Abi Hennig @abihennig Author: Christine Pillainayagam Form: Prose Novel  Length: 416 pages Brief Synopsis: A coming of age romance which explores identity, family,, music and friendship. Linked spotify …

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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Form: Dystopian Novel Length: 288 pages Brief synopsis: Set in a dystopian society where the state has sanctioned human cloning, this novel centres on a private institution …

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Rat by Patrice Lawrence

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Jennifer Webb @FunkyPedagogy Author: Patrice Lawrence Form: Prose Novel Length: 152 pages Brief synopsis: A realistic novel about a teenager living in challenging circumstances – his mother is …

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