Pan, Emily X. R.—The Astonishing Color of When Leigh travels to Taiwan to meet her grandparents for the first time, she is determined to find her mother who she believes turned into bird after committing suicide.

Pérez, Celia C.—The First Rule of Punk Malú reluctantly moves to Chicago and makes an impression at her new school by violating the dress code and starting a punk band.

Quigley, Dawn—Apple in the Middle Apple struggles to fit in after her white father and stepmother send her to live on a reservation with her maternal grandparents.

Reynolds, Jason—Long Way Down Set on revenge, Will gets on an elevator with this dead brother’s gun, but at each floor, a person from his past killed by gun violence has a story to tell.

Silvera, Adam—They Both Die at the End Mateo and Rufus both know they’ll die at some point today and use an app called Last Friend to meet up and have one last great adventure.

Smith, Cynthia Leitich—Hearts Unbroken Tensions mount and romance blooms as Louise and Joey cover a news story about inclusive casting in the school musical.

Tingle, Tim—Stone River crossing Martha convinces Lil Mo’s family to escape enslavement by crossing a river into her Choctaw Nation town from the Books that: plantation on the other side. • Allow BIPOC readers to see TEEN GRAPHIC Vermette, K. themselves in stories A Girl Called Echo • Are authentic to the authors’ Echo slips back and forth in time during history class and experiences life in the time of her Métis ancestors. experiences • Show varied perspectives within Yeh, Kat—The Way to Bea Beatrix Lee deals with the difficulties of middle school life similar cultures by writing haiku in invisible ink and hiding the poems—but one day she finds a reply.

A few notes: • These book lists are examples, not complete lists of books which fit into the genre. • Not all books will be of interest to every reader. • Teen Scene staff are always eager to help you Salem Public Library Teen Scene find a book that fits your personal taste and 585 Liberty St. SE  Salem, OR interests. Just ask! 503-588-6315  www.salemlibrary.org Abdel-Fattah, Randa—The Lines We Cross Courtney, Nadine Jolie—All-American Muslim Girl Mina and Michael must sort out their feelings in the Allie comes from a non-practicing Muslim family, but face of the anti-Muslim politics of Michael’s parents. hasn’t yet told her new boyfriend, Wells, whose father is a well-known conservative media figure who contributes to Ahmed, Samira—Internment the nation’s rising Islamaphobia. In a terrifying, futuristic United States where Muslim- Dao, Julie C. Americans are forced into internment camps, 17-year-old Layla Amin leads a revolution against complicit silence. Rise of the Empress (#1—Forest of a Thousand Lanterns) Alexander, Kwame—Swing Xifeng is destined to be Empress of Feng Lu, but only if she Amid growing social tensions and prejudices in their spurns true love and embraces the cruel, dark magic inside community, Noah and Walt traverse their junior year her. searching for the meaning of “cool.” Dimaline, Cherie—The Marrow Thieves Alexie, Sherman In a world where the lack of dreams has caused madness, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time a cure may be found in the marrow of indigenous peoples, Indian but that cure means death for the unwilling donors. Junior leaves school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to Gansworth, Eric, L. attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the mascot. If I Ever Get Out of Here Lewis has a new friend from the local military base, but Ali, S. K.—Love from A To Z tensions between Native Americans and whites strain their An angry Zayneb is trying out a new, nicer, personality trust. while on spring break in Doha, Qatar, and falls for Adam, a boy who is shielding his grieving family from bad news Khorram, Adib—Darius the Great is Not Okay after losing his mother. Depressed sophomore Darius travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor who Alsaid, Adi—North of Happy changes his life. Carlos gets advice from his recently deceased brother, Lu, Marie leading him to a new job in the U.S., but an attraction to his new boss’s daughter complicates things. Warcross (#1—Warcross) When teen coder Emika Chen hacks her way into an online An, Na—The Place Between Breaths Warcross championship, she uncovers a sinister plot. Grace, 16, fears that she will succumb to the schizophrenia Marks, Janae that took her mother away, while she and her father work for a genetics lab rushing to find a cure. From the Desk of Zoe Washington Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her 12th Brown, Echo birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story terrible crime. of a Teenage Wizard Medina, Meg—Burn Baby Burn Magical realism fills Echo’s story of how she copes with the Nora wants to go dancing or time with the cute new contradictory worlds of the wealthy, white school she boy from work, but with a violent brother at and a attends and the small apartment she lives in with her drug- serial killer on the loose, no place is safe. addicted mother. Menon, Sandhya— Bruchac, Joseph—Two Roads When Dimple Met Rishi Dimple and Rishi attend the same summer program for In 1932, Cal’s father sends him to a government boarding aspiring web developers, but only Rishi knows that it’s not school, where he learns about his history and heritage as a a coincidence. Creek Indian. Córdova, Zoraida Montgomery, Candice—By Any Means Necessary Brooklyn Brujas series (#1—Labyrinth Lost) As college begins, Torrey is torn between his new life at school, a possible reconnection with his first love, Gabriel, Alex travels to the in-between land of Los Lagos to find her and the pressure to go back home and save the bee farm family who disappeared after a spell backfires. he inherited from a beloved uncle.