Multicultural Books for Older and Mature Readers

145th Street. Walter Dean Myers. Delacorte Press, 2000. (African American)		A Girl Named Disaster. Nancy Farmer. Orchard Books, 1996. (African)		A Lesson Before Dying Ernest Gaines 1997
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah 2008		A Step From Heaven. An Na. Front St, 2001. (Korean American)		A Suitcase Of Seaweed And Other Poems. Janet S. Wong. McElderry, 1996. (Asian) (American)
Accidental Love Gary Soto Review »		America Street: A multicultural anthology of Stories Anne Mazer Review »		American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories For Young Adults. Edited by Lori M. Carlson with an introduction by Cynthia Kadohata. Holt, 1994. (Asian American)
An Ocean Apart, A World Away. Lensey Namioka. Delacorte, 2002. (Chinese)		And Still We Rise. Miles Corwin. Perennial, 2001. (African American)		Another Way to Dance. Martha Southgate. Delacorte Press, 1996. (African American)
April and the Dragon Lady. Lensey Namioka. Browndeer, 1994. (Chinese American)		Ashes of Roses. Mary Jane Auch. Henry Holt, 2002. (Irish)		Bad Boy: a Memoir. Walter Dean Myers. Harper Collins, 2001. (African American)
Ball don't Lie Matt de la Pena 2005		Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum Ashley Bryan		Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan Review »
Before John was a Jazz Giant Carole Boston Weatherford Review »		Before We Were Free. Julia Alvarez. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. (Dominican Republic)		Bird Zeta Elliott Review »
Black and White Paul Volponi 2005		Black Mirror. Nancy Werlin. Dial, 2001. (Japanese American) (Jewish)		Bound Donna Jo Napoli Review »
Breadwinner. Deborah Ellis. Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. (Afganistani)		Broken Bridge. Lynne Reid Banks. Avon Books, 1994. (Jewish) (Arabic)		Bronx Masquerade. Nikki Grimes. Dial, 2002. (African American)
Cane River. Lalita Tudemy. Warner Books, 2005. (African American)		Caramelo. Sandra Cisneros. Vintage Books, 2003. (Mexican American)		Chill Wind. Janet McDonald. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. (African American)
Cloud Chamber. Michael Dorris. Scribner, 1997. (Irish American)		Come and Go Back. Joan Abelove. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2004.(South American)		Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems On Growing Up Latino In The United States. Edited by Lori M. Carlson, introduction by Oscar Hijueios. Fawcett Juniper, 1994. (Latino)
Dancing In The Streets Of Brooklyn. April Lurie. Delacorte, 2002. (Norwegian)		Danger Zone. David Klass. Scholastic, 1996. (African American)		Dangerous Skies. Suzanne Staples. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. (Race Relations)
Dante's Daughter Kimberey Heuston Review »		Dark Sons Nikki Grimes Review »		Desert Blood 10pm/9c Ronald Cree Review »
Down Garrapata Road. Anne Esteris. Arte Publico Press, 2003. (Mexican American)		Dust From Old Bones. Sandra Forrester. Morrow/Harper, 1999. (Bi-racial) (Canjun)		Earth Always Endures: Native American Poems. Neil Philip ed. Viking Press, 1996. (Native American)
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis Review »		Emako Blue Brenda Woods 2005		Every Time A Rainbow Dies. Rita Williams-Garcia. Harper, 2001. (Jamaican)
Eyes of the Emperor Graham Salisbury Review »		Falling Leaves. Adeline Yen Mah. Broadway Books, 1999. (Chinese)		Gathering of Pearls. Sook Nyul Choi. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. (Korean)
Grandfather's Journey Allen Say Review »		Habibi. Naomi Nye. Simon & Schuster, 1997. (Jewish) (Palestinian)		Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons. Ann Rinaldi. Harcourt Brace, 1996. (African American)
Heart of a Jaguar. Marc Talbert. Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. (Mayan)		Homeless Bird. Gloria Whelan. Scholastic, 2000. (India)		Hope in the Unseen. Ron Suskind. Broadway Books, 1998. (African American)
House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Review »		How I Learned Geography Uri Shulevitz Review »		How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. Julia Alvarez. Penguin Group, 2002. (Dominican Republic)
Hush. Jacquelin Woodson. Putnam, 2002. (African American)		I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This. Jacqueline Woodson. Delacorte, 1994. (African American)		I, Too, Sing America: Three Centuries Of African American Poetry. Catherine Clinton. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. (African American)
In a Sacred Manner. Neil Phillip, editor. Clarion Books, 1997. (Native American)		Jasmine Bharati Mukherjee Review »		Jumping Off to Freedom. Anilu Bernardo. Piñata Books, 1996. (Cuban)
Just in Case: A Trickster Tale Yuyi Morales Review »		Kampung Boy Lat Review »		Keeper Mal Peet Review »
Keeping Corner Kashmira Sheth 2009		Keeping the Night Watch Hope Anita Smith Review »		Kendra Coe Booth Review »
Latinas! Women of Achievement. Diane Telgen and Jim Kamp, editors. Visible Ink, 1996. (Hispanic)		Love, Cajun Style Diane Les Becquets Review »		Maus I: A Survivor's Tale Art Speigelman Review »
Maus II: A Surviror's Tale; and Here My Troubles Began Art Speigelman Review »		Mexican White Boy Matt de La Pena 2008		Miracle’s Boys. Jacqueline Woodson. Scholastic, 2000. (African American)
Mrs. Katz and Tush Patricia Polacco		My Home is Over Jordan. Sandra Forrester. Lodestar Books/Dutton, 1997. (African American)		Necessary Roughness. Marie Lee. Harper, 1996. (Korean American)
Nectar in a Sieve Kamala Markandaya 2002		Oh, Freedom! Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne. Knopf, 1997 (Multi-ethnic)		Parrot in the Oven. Victor Martinez. Harper, 1996. (Mexican American)
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum Robert A. Parker Review »		Princess Ka’ Iulani. Sharon Linnea. Eerdmans Books, 1999. (Hawaiian)		Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Review »
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Guy Delisle 2007		Quilted Landscape: Conversations with Young Immigrants. Yale Strom. Simon & Schuster, 1996. (Multi-ethnic)		Rain Is Not My Indian Name. Cynthia Leitich Smith. Harper, 2001. (Native American)
Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son. Maria Hinojosa. Viking, 1997. (Hispanic)		Red Midnight. Ben Mikaelsen. Harper Trophy, 2002. (Gatemalan)		Red Rose Box. Brenda Woods. Putnam Publishing, 2002. (African American)
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. Ji-Li Jiang. Harper Collins, 1997. (Chinese)		Ribbons. Laurence Yep. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996. (Chinese American)		Run Away Home. Patricia McKissack. Scholastic, 1997. (African American) (Native American)
Samurai Girl: The Book of the Sword. Carrie Asai. Simon & Schuster, 2003. (Asian American)		Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues. Lori Aurelia Williams. Simon and Schuster, 2001. (African American)		Skeleton Man. Joseph Bruchac. Harper, 2001. (Mohawk/ Native American)
Skim Mariko 2010		Slam! Walter Dean Myers. Scholastic, 1996. (African American)		So Far From Home: The Diary Of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl. Scholastic Home, 1999. (Irish American)
Sold Patricia McCormick Review »		Street Love Walter Dean Myers 2007		Sweetgrass. Jan Hudson. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999. (Native American/Blackfoot)
Tae’s Sonata. Haemi Balgassi. Clarion, 1997. (Korean-American)		The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2009		The Amethyst Road Louise Spiegler 2005
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing I: The Pox Party M.T. Anderson 2008		The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing II: Kingdom on the Waves M.T. Anderson 2009		The Beast Walter Dean Myers Review »
The Birchbark House. Louise Erdrich. Hyperion, 1999. (Ojibwa/Native American)		The Blacker the Berry Joyce Carol Thomas Review »		The Book Thief Marcus Zusak 2007
The Color of Water. James McBride. Berkley Pub., 1996. (African American) (Jewish)		The Cure Sonia Levitin 2000		The Help Kathryn Stockett 2009
The Jumping Tree. Rene Saldana. Random House, 2001. (Mexican American)		The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2004		The Meaning of Consuelo. Judith Ortiz Cofer. Farrar, Straus, Giroux., 2003. (Puerto Rican)
The Moon Over Star Dianna Hutts Aston Review »		The Other Side of Truth. Beverly Naidoo. Harper, 2002. (Nigerian)		The Perfect Distance Kim Ablon Whitney 2007
The Road Cormac McCarthy Review »		The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd. Penguin Group, 2003. (African American)		The Storyteller's Candle Lucia Gonzalez Review »
The Tree is Older Than You Are: Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories. Naomi Shihab Nye. Simon and Schuster, 1995. (Mexican)		The World in Grandfather's Hands. Craig Strete. Clarion Books, 1996. (Native American)		Thicker Than Water: Coming Of Age Stories By Irish And Irish-American Writers. Edited by Gordon Snell. Delacorte, 2001. (Irish American)
Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson 2007		Through My Eyes. Ruby Bridges. Scholastic, 1999. (African American)		Ties That Bind, Ties That Break. Lensey Namioka. Laurel Leaf, 2000. (Chinese)
True Believer. Virgina Euwer Wolff. Simon Pulse, 2002. (African American)		Tyrell Coe Booth Review »		Under the Sun Arthur Dorros Review »
Wait for Me An Na Review »		Warrior Angel. Robert Lipsyte. Harper Collins Publishers, 2003. (Native American)		We Were Here Matt de La Pena Review »
What Can You Do With a Rebozo? Carmen Tafolla		White Bread Competition. Jo Ann Yolanda Hernandez. Piñata Books, 1997. (Mexican American)		Who an I without Him? Sharon G. Flake 2005
Winter People. Joseph Bruchac. Dial, 2002. (French)		With Every Drop of Blood. James Lincoln Collier. Delacorte Press, 1994. (African American)		Yell-oh Girls.Emerging Voices Explore Culture,Identity, & Growing Up Asian American. Vickie Nam. Quill, 2001. (Asian American)
Zazoo. Richard Moser. Clarion Books, 2001. (Vietnamese)

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