Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Thankful For
These are ten titles that I’m thankful were published this year. I wanted to highlight diverse titles that were published – highlighting different races, religions, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, socioeconomic statuses and more. Diverse titles are still not as easy to find as I’d like, especially when you only have a handful of titles to choose from when looking for something specific. I found it very difficult to find characters with different disabilities that aren’t characters on the autism spectrum. It was hard to find contemporary titles featuring Native American characters as well. I think diversity is something that more and more people are asking for and looking for so my hope is that this list becomes easier to make next year.
- Apple In the Middle by Dawn Quigley
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
- The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
- Every Shiny Thing by Cordelia Jensen and LaurieĀ Morrison
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
- Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
- The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.
