CHILDREN Alma and How She Got Her Name * Martinez-Neal, Juana. First edition. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2018. SJPL: Book, eBook
American as Paneer Pie * Kelkar, Supriya. New York: Simon Pulse, 2020. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
Amina’s Voice Khan, Hena. First edition. New York: Salaam Reads, 2018. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD
EXHIBITION READING LIST Compiled by the San José Public Library’s Racial Equity Team for the exhibition Our whole, unruly selves on view at SJMA through June 26, 2022. All books are available at the SJPL. Click on book format links to RSVP your copy now and pick it up.
* A selection of these books is available for reference in the exhibition’s Reading Area.
Drawn Together * Lê, Minh. First Edition. New York: Disney-Hyperion, 2018. SJPL: Book, eBook
Efrén Divided Cisneros, Ernesto. First edition. New York City, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD
Julián Is a Mermaid * Love, Jessica. First edition. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2018. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
New Kid Craft, Jerry. First edition. New York City, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD
Your Name Is a Song Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. Seattle, WA: Innovation Press, 2020. SJPL: Book, eBook
TEEN
ADULT
American Born Chinese *
Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear
Yang, Gene Luen. First edition. New York: Square Fish, [2009], c2006.
Salesses, Matthew. New York: Little A, 2020.
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Anger is a Gift
Freshwater *
Oshiro, Mark. New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2018.
Emezi, Akwaeke. New York: Grove Press, 2018.
SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
The Black Flamingo *
Gold Diggers
Atta, Dean. New York: Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Sathian, Sanjena. New York: Penguin Press, 2021.
SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
Born Confused
The Iliac Crest
Desai Hidier, Tanuja. New York, NY: PUSH, c2002.
Rivera Garza, Cristina. New York City, NY: The Feminist Press at City University of New York, 2017.
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SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
Darius the Great is Not Okay *
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 *
Khorram, Adib. New York, NY: Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
Cho, Nam-ju. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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I am Not Your Perfect Mexican American Daughter Sanchez, Erika L. First Ember edition. New York: Ember, 2019, 2017.
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The Leavers Ko, Lisa. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018. SJPL: Book, eBook, eAudiobook
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Marcelo in the Real World
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous *
Stork, Francisco X. New York: Scholastic, [2011], c2009.
Vuong, Ocean. New York: Penguin Press, 2019.
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SJPL: Book, Large Print, eBook, eAudiobook
Sasha Masha
Such a Fun Age
Borinsky, Agnes. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2020.
Reid, Kiley. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020, c2019.
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SJPL: Book, Large Print, eBook, eAudiobook
There There Orange, Tommy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. SJPL: Book, Large Print, eBook, eAudiobook, Audiobook CD