This novel-in-verse tells the story of how a Japanese teenage boy, Kai, survived the devastating March 2011 tsunami that destroyed the village he lived in.
Year of Release: 2016
Author(s): Leza Lowitz
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25387133-up-from-the-sea
ISBN:
ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Sea-Leza-Lowitz/dp/0553534777
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Daniel Aleman’s Indivisible explores immigration and deportation in America through Mateo Garcia’s story. Mateo is a teenage boy whose world gets shaken up when his parents get arrested by ICE agents. Now, Mateo faces new challenges and difficulties as he navigates caring for his younger sister while also questioning what it means to be an American.
Year of Release: 2021
Author(s): Daniel Aleman
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55425722-indivisible
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ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Indivisible-Daniel-Aleman/dp/0759556059
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B091Z6Y4Y6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Amelie fell strongly in love with Reese, but during their relationship, Amelie realized that this type of love is not ideal and that it is not supposed to be this painful. This book tells the growing pains of falling in love, the heartbreak and strong emotions behind being in love while trying to learn and grown after getting your heart broken.
Year of Release: 2019
Author(s): Holly Bourne
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44004352-the-places-i-ve-cried-in-public
ISBN:
ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/Places-Ive-Cried-Public/dp/1474949525
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:The book tells about the story of police violence in the United States where Marvin Johnson’s twin brother, Tyler, was deadly shot. Talking about current race debates in the United States, the book brings quetsions of (in)justices to the forefront.
Year of Release: 2018
Author(s): Jay Coles
ISBN:
ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Tyler-Johnson-Was-Here-English-ebook/dp/B073Q2R9SN
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Tyler-Johnson-Was-Here/dp/B07BHS5Y62/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Felix, a transgender teenager, falls in love for the first time while making sense of his identity and growing up at the same time. Fearing that he is one marginizaliation too many as a transgender, queer, black, teenager, the novel depicts a complex coming-of age story.
Year of Release: 2020
Author(s): Kacen Callender
ISBN:
ebook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Felix-After-English-Kacen-Callender-ebook/dp/B07WCPKFLD
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/Felix-Ever-After/dp/B092RBR7BR/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:This romantic comedy novel published by Becky Albertalli and Adam Sivera depicts the stories of the two very different boys Arthur and Ben whose lives seem to collide and be pushed apart at the same time.
Year of Release: 2019
Author(s): Becky Albertalli, Adam Sivera
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36341204-what-if-it-s-us
ISBN: 0062795252
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.de/What-If-Its-Us/dp/B07F3ZTB4F/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:Poet X tells the story of teenage girl Xiomara growing up in the United States feeling lost and finding herself in the poetry she writes. The poet-style novel describes her family, school, and love life by mediating everyday struggles for teenager coming-off age. Intercultural and intergenerational tensions are evident in the book and challenge heteronormative assumptions of gender, age, and ethnicity.
Year of Release: 2020
Author(s): Elizabeth Alcevedo
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33294200-the-poet-x
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Extract and usage suggestions for teaching:The chapters are written in verse form and can be used as extracts.
The book tells the story of seventeen-year-old Emon’s life as a teenage mother living with her grandmother dealing with difficult decisions. Keeping her head down at school, trying not to get caught up with new boy Malachi and managing her small family’s life are daily tasks for the young woman. In order to manage them, the kitchen becomes the one place where she can let everything go and where the magic happens.
Year of Release: 2019
Author(s): Elizabeth Acevedo
Preview: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38739562-with-the-fire-on-high
ISBN: 006266283X
ebook URL: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B079WW2QKM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Audiobook URL: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B07MWDPBK6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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