Set in a dystopian society where citizens are subdued, a teenage boy named Jonas is chosen to be trained by The Giver, who is the only one who remembers. Secrets keep getting unearthed during Jonas’ awakening in a rebellious and spiritual journey.
Year of Release: 1993
Author(s): Lois Lowry
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver
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Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:A worthy challenger of the Harry Potter series, The Lightning Thief follows Percy, who gets recruited to a summer camp for demi-gods.
Year of Release: 2005
Author(s): Rick Riordan
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28187.The_Lightning_Thief
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Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Don’t Call Me Crazy is a collection of texts, essays and illustrations that focus on mental health issues. It raises the question of what it means to be crazy or whether the word crazy might even be offensive?
Year of Release: 2018
Author(s): Kelly Jensen, Victoria Schwab, Adam Silvera, Libba Bray, Esmé Weijun Wang, Yumi Sakugawa, Mike Jung, Meredith Russo, Stephanie Kuehn, S.E. Smith, Emery Lord, Sarah Hannah Gómez, Nancy Kerrigan, MILCK, Reid Ewing, S. Zainab Williams, Lisa Jakub, Hannah Bae, Monique Bedard, Gemma Correll, Heidi Heilig, Christine Heppermann, Shaun David Hutchinson, Ashley Holstrom, Mary Isabel, S. Jae-Jones, Susan Juby, Emily Mayberry, Amy Reed, Jessica Tremaine, Clint Van Winkle, Dior Vargas, Kristen Bell
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33803157-don-t-call-me-crazy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=h6RWhF6EM9&rank=1
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7068370.Kelly_Jensen
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Dont-Call-Me-Crazy-Conversation-ebook/dp/B079VZS8F9
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Black enough is a collection of short stories that deal with the daily struggles of black teenagers across America. It shows diversity within diversity: immigrants, mixed race, poor and wealthy, rural and urban. From a high-class girl dating a boy who her family would never approve of to two girls kissing in Ireland – the collection includes captivating stories about what it means to be black in America.
Year of Release: 2019
Author(s): Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37819089-black-enough?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=KgnDEpX7kE&rank=1
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ebook URL: https://www.buecher.de/shop/ebooks/black-enough-ebook-epub/zoboi-ibi-johnson-varian-magoon-kekla-onyebuchi-tochi-reynolds-jason-stone-nic-tamani/products_products/detail/prod_id/54883714/
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Enough-audiobook/dp/B07HPBVF7H
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Collection of stories, so each chapter can be used seperately
The poem by Mark Haddon deals with the issue of self-identity and asks the question of how does a person fit into this world? What makes a person a person? It is a poem that should show the good parts of life that are often forgotten within stressful times.
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Author(s): Mark Haddon
Preview: https://samploon.com/trees-by-mark-haddon-poetry-analysis/
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Online text: https://medium.com/poem-of-the-day/mark-haddon-trees-90ba3f24128a
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:When Kristin finds out she is intersex, she has to deal with many difficulties concerning her body. However, not only her body but especially her identity is soon to be questioned. Although she was voted homecoming queen, got a scholarship for her dream college and is truly in love with her boyfriend, Kristen has to deal with unexpected twists and turns in her life.
Year of Release: 2015
Author(s): I.W. Gregorio
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22896551-none-of-the-above
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7374721.I_W_Gregorio
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/None-Above-I-W-Gregorio-ebook/dp/B00MEJP33E
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/None-of-the-Above/dp/B00V58Q1B8
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:The two girls Chelsea and Jasmine want their voices to be heard. They start a Women’s Rights Club since they do not like how women are treated in their high school in NYC. With poetry, videos and responses to racial segregation they go viral and have to deal with online trolls. As if this wasn’t bad enough, the director of the school wants to shut the club down, when the girls try to do everything in their power to let their voices be heard.
Year of Release: 2019
Author(s): Ellen Hagan, Renee Watson
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40025175-watch-us-rise
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4381088.Ren_e_Watson
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-Ren%C3%A9e-Watson-ebook/dp/B07MZM8LJT
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Us-Rise-audiobook/dp/B07PSKLRW3
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:“We are not from here” is about three boys who take on a dangerous journey from Guatemala through Mexico in the hope of reaching the U.S. one day. After realizing that their hometown is not safe anymore, they follow the route of a freight train called La Bestia. All they have is one another when facing the dangerous unknown.
Year of Release: 2020
Author(s): Jenny Torres Sanchez
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52419786-we-are-not-from-here
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4857300.Jenny_Torres_Sanchez
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Are-Here-Jenny-Torres-Sanchez-ebook/dp/B07WYVBJPW
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:For his senior year of high school, Pony switches schools after coming out as transgender and hopes for a new, fresh start. For her senior year, Georgia promised herself to not date anybody as it might interfere with her future after high school. When they meet on the first day of school, they lock eyes and everything changes.
Year of Release: 2020
Author(s): Tobly McSmith
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52696771-stay-gold
Further information (link): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19100469.Tobly_McSmith
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Stay-Gold-English-Tobly-McSmith-ebook/dp/B07X1K27HS
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Stay-Gold/dp/B07Z44BX6W/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Louise Wolfe finds herself in difficult situations for being a Native teenager in a mostly white, middle-class town. Her first boyfriend disrespects Native people, the inclusive approach of their school musical drastically fails and she considers dating while being Native extremely hard. Will she and Joey, her co-editor of the school newspaper, be able to fall in love?
Year of Release: 2018
Author(s): Cynthia Leitich Smith
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38564416-hearts-unbroken
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Unbroken-Cynthia-Leitich-Smith-ebook/dp/B07D3NYD7W
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