WELCOME TO NEWMARKET’S READING ABOUT DIVERSITY (R.A.D.) CHALLENGE! For summer reading this year, we will be participating in the R.A.D. challenge, a reading challenge created by the Lamprey Chapter of the National Honor Society. The goal of the R.A.D. challenge is for students to learn more about others’ diverse experiences and perspectives. You are required to read at least one book from this list for summer reading. Below is a list of books that count toward the challenge. We have many of these titles available through our school library or through the Newmarket Public Library, so please ask one of your teachers if you need help obtaining a copy. “Every student deserves to see themselves in the books they read. Books have the power to encourage students while at the same time enlighten other readers of the truths about lives they don’t live. And hopefully, that enlightenment will spur compassion, understanding, and change.” - Jennifer H., Scholastic “On Our Minds” How does the R.A.D. Challenge work? This challenge has 10 main categories: - African American Voices (AFAV) - Asian American Voices (ASAV) - Diverse Abilities (DA) - Female Voices (FV) - Hispanic American Voices (HAV) - Immigration (IMMI) - LGBTQ+ Voices (LGBTQ+) - Native American Voices (NAV) - Social Injustice (SI) - Voices of those Experiencing Poverty/Homelessness (VOTEPH) Step 1) Read a book from one of these categories. We encourage you to read books across all 10 categories. Step 2) Once you complete a book, you will be asked to fill out the reflection form listed below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIC23X7LOL8cb9BXYrzV9j0rQOFR mjvRSdGGBd7A15uO7Zrg/viewform?usp=sf_link Step 3) After your reflection is submitted, you will receive a certain number of raffle tickets which you can enter in a raffle for gift cards to various businesses and restaurants. Raffle Ticket System: 1 ticket/ RAD 1st 2nd book 3rd book 4th 5th 6th book book read book= 1 =2 tickets =3 tickets book= 4 book= 5 and more before ticket tickets tickets = 10 challenge start tickets each How do I use this page? Titles are organized by age level. To find a specific category within an age grouping, use the Ctrl+f function and search the category abbreviation listed above. Questions? Please contact Morgan Long at [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns. Age Level Book Title Author R.A.D. Genre Categories 8-11 Save Me A Seat Sarah Weeks, ASAV, IMMI Gita Varadarajan 8-12 Dragon Pearl Yoon Ha lee ASAV Science FV Fiction/Fantasy 8-12 Proud: Living my Ibtihaj FV Biography American Dream Muhammad 8-12 The Radium Kate Moore FV Biography Girls: the scary but true story of the poison that made people glow in the dark (Young Readers Edition) 8+ El Deafo Cece Bell DA Graphic Novel/ Autobiography 9-12 The Brave James Bird DA Fiction NAV 9-12 Refugee Alan Gratz IMMI Historical Fiction 9-12 Kindred Octavia E. DA Science Fiction Butler 9-12 Shuri Nic Stone AFAV Science Fiction FV 10-13 Brown Girl Jacqueline FV Fiction/Poetry Dreaming Woodson AFAV 10-14 When A Ghost Steven Walker NAV Fiction Talks, Listen 10-14 A Slip of a Girl Patricia Reilly DA Historical Giff FV Fiction/Poetry 11+ Apple in the Dawn Quigley FV Fiction Middle NAV 12-15 Code Talker: A Joseph Bruchac NAV Historical Fiction Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 12-15 Trash Andy Mulligan VOTEPH Fiction 12-16 If I Ever Get Out Eric Gansworth NAV Fiction of Here 12-17 Call Me Abdi Nor Iftin IMMI Biography American (Adapted for Young Adults) 12-17 Darius the Great Adib Khorram ASAV Fiction is Not Okay 12-17 Every Day David Levithan LGBTQ+ Fiction 12-17 The Far Away Lauren HAV Biography Brothers Markham IMMI (Adapted for Young Adults): Two Teenage Immigrants Making a Life in America 12-17 The Magic Fish Le Nguyen ASAV Fiction/Graphic Trung Novel 12-17 #NotYourPrince Lisa Charleyboy FV Non-fiction s : Voices of NAV Native American Women 12-17 Pet Awkaeke Emezi AFAV Fiction/Fantasy 12-17 Piecing Me Renee Watson AFAV Fiction Together FV 12-17 Superman Gene Luen Yang ASAV Fiction/Graphic Smashes the Novel Klan: The Graphic Novel 12-17 The Sun is Also A Nicola Yoon IMMI Fiction Star FV ASAV 12-17 Warcross Marie Lu ASAV Science Fiction FV 12-18 Elatsoe Darcie Little NAV Fiction Badger 12-18 Girls Made of Melissa LGBTQ+ Fantasy Snow and Glass Basherdoust 12-18 Loving vs Patricia Hruby AFAV Historical Virginia Powell SI Fiction/Poetry 12-18 Miles Morales: Jason Reynolds AFAV Science Fiction Spider Man 12+ All American Jason Reynolds AFAV Fiction Boys and Brendan SI Kiely 12+ Aristotle and Benjamin Alire HAV Fiction Dante Discover Saenz LGBTQ+ the Secrets of the Universe 12+ Because I was a Melissa de la FV Biography Girl: True Stories Cruz for Girls of All Ages 12+ Black Wings Alex London LGBTQ+ Fantasy Beating 12+ The Boy in the Jason Reynolds AFAV Fiction Black Suit 12+ Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang ASAV Fiction/Graphic Novel 12+ A Few Red Claire Hartfield SI Non-fiction Drops: The Chicago Race Riots of 1919 12+ Genesis Begins Alicia Williams AFAV Fiction Again FV 12+ Good Kings, Bad Susan DA Fiction Kings Nussbaum 12+ Homecoming Cynthia Voigt VOTEPH Fiction 12+ The Inexplicable Benjamin Alire HAV Fiction Logic of My Life: Sáenz A Novel 12+ Lucy and Linh Alice Pung ASAV Fiction FV 12+ Long Way Down Jason Reynolds AFAV Fiction/Ghost Story 12+ Raybearer Jordan Ifueko AFAV Fiction/Fantasy FV 12+ The Reason I Naoki Higashida ASAV Nonfiction Jump DA 12+ Shout Laurie Halse FV Poetry/ Anderson Biography/ Autobiography 12+ Slay Brittney Morris AFAV Fiction FV SI 12+ Spin Lamar Giles AFAV Mystery FV 12+ Stamped: Ibram X. Kendi SI Non-fiction Racism, Antiracism, and You 12+ We Are Not Free Traci Chee ASAV Historical Fiction 12+ You Bring the Mitali Perkins ASAV Fiction Distant Near 13-17 Almost Robin Ha ASAV Graphic Novel/ American Girl: FV Memoir an illustrated IMMI memoir 13-17 As the Crow Flies Melanie Gillman AFAV Graphic Novel / LGBTQ+ Fiction 13-17 How Dare the Sandra FV Nonfiction/Mem Sun Rise: Uwiringiyimana IMMI oir Memoirs of a SI War Child 13-17 The Field Guide Ben Philippe IMMI Fiction to the North American Teenager 13-17 Monday’s Not Tiffany D. AFAV Mystery / Thriller Coming Jackson FV 13-17 Monster Dean Myers AFAV Fiction SI 13-17 Pride Ibi Zoboi AFAV Fiction FV HAV 13-17 Street Life: Dr. Victor Rios VOTEPH Memoir Poverty, Gangs, and a Ph.D. 13-17 Internment Samira Ahmed SI Young Adult Fiction 13-18 Courage to Soar: Simone Biles AFAV Biography/ a body in with Michelle FV Autobiography motion, a life in Burford balance (foreword by Mary Lou Retton) 13-18 Sadie Courtney FV Fiction/Mystery Summers 13+ Almost Robin Ha IMMI Illustrated American Girl Memoir 13+ American Born Gene Luen Yang ASAV Fiction/Graphic Chinese Novel 13+ Dumplin’ Julie Murphy FV Fiction 13+ Far Less Kathy VOTEPH Fiction Wollenberg 13+ Girl Made of Ashley Herring FV Fiction Stars Blake SI 13+ Internment Samira Ahmed ASAV Fiction SI 13+ The Poet X Elizabeth FV Fiction/Poetry Acevedo HAV 13+ Swing Kwame AFAV Fiction/Sports Alexander Fiction 13+ This One Mariko Tamaki ASAV Fiction/Graphic Summer Novel 13+ This Time Will Misa Sugiura ASAV Fiction Be Different 13+ To All the Boys Jenny Han ASAV Fiction I’ve Loved Before 13+ When Dimple Sandhya Menon ASAV Fiction Met Rishi 13-14+ On The Come Up Angie Thomas AFAV Fiction 14-17 Love, Hate, & Samira Amhed SI YA Fiction Other Filters ASAV 14-18 A Curse So Dark Brigid DA Fiction/Fantasy and Lonely Kemmerer 14-18 The Help Tate Taylor AFAV Historical Fiction SI 14-18 Allegedly: A Tiffany D. AFAV Fiction/ Novel Jackson SI Mystery 14-18 Beyond Susan Kuklin LGBTQ+ Non-fiction Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out 14-18 Bloom Kevin Panetta LGBTQ+ Fiction and Savanna Ganucheau 14-18 Children of Toni Adeyemi AFAV Fantasy Blood and Bone FV 14-18 Children of Toni Adeyemi AFAV Fantasy Virtue and FV Vengeance 14-18 Dread Nation Justina Ireland AFAV Fiction/Horror [rise up] FV Fiction 14-18 Fire Song Adam Garnet NAV Fiction Jones LGBTQ+ VOTEPH 14-18 Hearts Unbroken Leitich Smith FV Realistic Fiction NAV 14-18 How It Went Kekla Magoon AFAV Fiction Down SI 14-18 I’m Not Dying Gilly Segel and AFAV Fiction With You Kimberly Jones FV Tonight 14-18 Light it Up Kekla Magoon AFAV Fiction SI 14-18 The Marrow Cherie Dimaline NAV Science Fiction/ Thieves Dystopian 14-18 Moxie: a novel Jennifer FV Fiction Mathieu 14-18 Odd One Out Nic Stone AFAV Fiction LGBTQ+ 14-18 On the Come Up Angie Thomas AFAV Fiction FV VOTEPH 14-18 Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi AFAV Fiction 14-18 Red Hood Elana K. Arnold FV Fiction/ Fantasy/ Thriller 14-18 Saints and S.K. Ali FV Novel/ Fiction Misfits 14-18 Spinning Tillie Walden FV Graphic Novel/ LGBTQ+ Memoir 14-18 We Are Not from Jenny Torres HAV Fiction Here Sanchez 14-18 Wilder Girls Rory Power FV Science Fiction/ Suspense 14+ All the Light We Anthony Doerr DA Historical Fiction Cannot See 14+ Dear Justyce Nic Stone AFAV Fiction 14+ Frankly in Love David Yoon ASAV Fiction 14+ The Joy Luck Amy Tan ASAV Fiction Club IMMI 14+ Give Me Some Eric Gansworth NAV Historical Fiction Truth 14+ Legendborn Tracy Deonn AFAV Fantasy FV 14+ Me Before You Jojo Moyes DA Fiction 14+ The Nowhere Amy Reed FV Fiction Girls 14+ Tyler Johnson Jay Coles AFAV Fiction Was Here SI 14+ Love, Hate & Samira Ahmed ASAV Fiction Other Filters FV 14+ Girl Mans Up M-E Girard LGBTQ+ Fiction SI 14+ Dear Martin Nic Stone SI Fiction AFAV 14+ Super Fake Love David Yoon ASAV Fiction Song 14-15+ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas AFAV Fiction FV SI 15+ Laura Dean Mariko Tamaki ASAV Graphic Keeps Breaking LGBTQ+ Novel/YA Fiction Up with Me 15+ Parachutes Kelly Yang ASAV YA Fiction IMMI 15+ Without a Map Meredith Hall FV Memoir VOTEPH.