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*Asterisked titles are loosely based on the region of listed country
NN=Not Native Author INSP=Inspired by IM=Immigrant
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Shaded means I have completed a book for that country
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CountryTitleAuthorAgeNotesRepYearPagesReadAlternativeRepAlternative #2
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 Afghanistan
One Half from the EastNadia HashimiMG2016288OL
The Carpet Weaver, Nemat SadatG
The Secret Sky, Atia AbawiK
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
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 Albania
CrossingPajtim StatovciNAGT2016257
Doruntine / The Ghost Rider, Ismail Kadare (A)
The Sworn Virgin, Kristopher Dukes (NA)
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 Algeria
Some Dream for FoolsFaïza GuèneNA2006170
Men Don't Cry, Faïza Guène
Tomboy, Nina Bouraoui (M)
A Bookshop in Algiers (A) (no ebook)A
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 Andorra
Crewe TrainRose MacaulayNA1926304
The White Puppy from Andorra, Luisa Guzmán
The Land of Right Up and Down, Eva-Lis Wuorio (C, NN)Scrap Mortal, Ludmilla Lacueva Canut
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 Angola
Good Morning ComradesOndjaki2003167
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Patricia C McKissack (MG)
That Hair, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (M)K
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* Antarctica
Up to This PointeJennifer LongoNN2016368
It Looks Like Us, Alison Ames
All the White Spaces, Ally Wilkes
The White Darkness, Geraldine McCaughrean
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 Antigua and Barbuda
My Stories Have no EndingsGayle Gonsalves2021274
Musical Youth, Joanne C Hillhouse
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 Argentina
LobizonaRomina Garber2020400
Furia, Yamile Saied Mendez
The Gods of Tango, Carolina De Robertis (NA)KThe Tenth Girl, Sara Faring
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 Armenia
Like Water on StoneDana Walrath2015368
Lake of Sighs, Meli Sarkissian
Rise of the Phoenix, T IsajanyanAs the Poppies Bloomed, Maral Boyadjian, Forgotten Fire, Adam Bagdasarian
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 Australia
The Things She's Seen (Catching Teller Crow)Amebelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina2019224
Ida, Alison Evans
The Boy from the Mish (Ready When You Are), Gary LonesboroughKGhost Bird, Lisa FullerTimber Creek Station ; Alex as Well
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 Austria
A Song for SummerEva Ibbotson1997397OL
Gretel and the Dark, Eliza Granville
Leviathan, Scott Westerfield (INSP, NN)KThe Kingdom of Back, Marie Lu ;
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 Azerbaijan
The Orphan SkyElla Leya2015368OL
Ali and Nino, Kurban Said (A)
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 Bahamas
Facing the SunJanice Lynn Mathers2020416
The Left-Over Daughters,SL Sheppard (A)
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 Bahrain
The Pearl ThiefNoor Al NoaimiSS201536
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 Bangladesh
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana AliSabina KahnL2019336
Djinn City, Saad Hossain
The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, Shirshendu MuhkopadhyayK
Counting Down with You, Tashie Bhuiyan; The Love Match, Priyanka Taslim
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 Barbados
Josephine Against the SeaShakirah BourneMG2021304
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes, Callie Browning (A)
Star-Crossed, Linda Collison (NN)AOffset, Delvin Howell; The Star Side of Bird Hill, Naomi Jackson; Redemption in Indigo, Karen Lord
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 Belarus
The Invisible Life of Ivan IsaenkoScott StambachNN2016326
Down Among the Fishes, Natalka Babina (A?)
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 Belgium
FallingAnne Provoost1994264
The Blue Wings, Jef Aerts
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 Belize
Beka LambZee Edgell1982176
Out of Xibalba, Liz Coley (NN)
 In the Trees, Pauline Fisk (NN)K
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 Benin
Thread of Gold BeadsNike Campbell-Fatoki2012422
When Gods Bleed, Njedeh Anthony (A)
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* Bermuda
GirlcottFlorenz Web Maxwell2017190
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 Bhutan
Dance of the Snow DragonEileen KernaghanNN1995325
The Circle of Karma, Kunzang Choden
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon, Isabel Allende (MG?, NN)K
Samu - Shamu: The Sonam Stories: Narratives of Childhood in Bhutan
Gopilal Acharya, Chandor Wangmo
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 Bolivia
Woven in MoonlightIsabel Ibanez2020384
Treasure of the World, Tara Sullivan
An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
We Are All That's LeftCarrie ArcosNN2018387
Remember Me, Sanela Ramic Jurich
My Name is Bosnia, Madeleine Gagnon (NN)A
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 Botswana
EntwinedCheryl S. Ntumy2013300
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 Brazil
Here the Whole TimeVitor Martins2020288
Where We Go From Here, Lucas RochaThe Summer Prince ; Salt and Sugar, Rebecca Carvalho ; Like a Love Song, Gabriela Martins
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 Brunei
Written in BlackKH Lim2014240
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 Bulgaria
WunderkindNikolai Grozni2011304
Stork Mountain, Miroslav Penkov (A)Everything Happens as it Does
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 Burkina Faso
OutlawStephen Davies2011304OL
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 Burundi
Small CountryGaël Faye2016183
Baho!, Roland Rugero (no ebook)Mother in my Mind, Blaire Marcel Iteka (M)K
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 Cabo Verde
Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde, Baltasar Lopes
1947240The last will and testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo
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 Cambodia
Her Father's DaughterAlice PungM, NA2011241
Serann and the Prince of Angkor: A Cambodian Cinderella Story, Camron Wright
Afterparties, Anthony Veasna So (SS, IM)KEither the Beginning or the End of the World
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 Cameroon
A Long way from DoualaMax LobeNAG2021202
Nailah Dado And The White Man's Bread With Other Tales, Yefon Isabelle
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 Canada
Monkey BeachEden Robinson2000384OL
Sorrow's Knot, Erin Bow
The Missing, Melanie FlorenceKBlood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury ; This House is not a Home ; The Way Back from Broken
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 Central African Republic (CAR)
*Beasts of PreyAyana Gray2021492Co-wives, Co-widows, Adrienne Yabouza (A, no ebook)
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 Chad
Mango RainJames RumfordC201150
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 Chile
City of the BeastsIsabel Allende2004408
Maya's Notebook, Isabel AllendeCamanchaca, Diego Zuniga Gringolandia + Surviving Santiago by Lyn Miller-Lachmann ; Bonsai, Alejandro Zambra
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 China
Daughter of the Moon GoddessSue Lynn Tan2022512
The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo
Serpentine, Cindy PonK
A Magic Steeped in Poison, Judy I. LinKJade Fire Gold ; Iron Widow ; My Summer of Love and Misfortune; These Violent Delights ; Like Spilled Water, Jennie Liu ; Girls on the Line ; Parachutes, Kelly Yang
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 Colombia
Fruit of the Drunken TreeIngrid Rojas Contreras2018304
Infinite Country, Patricia EngelThe Immortal Boy, Francisco Montaña Ibáñez ; Meet Me Halfway + What if a Fish, Anika Fajardo ; The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia, Alexandra AlessandriA Second chance on Earth, Juan Videl
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 Comoros
A Girl Called EelAli Zamir2019320
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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
EverfairNisi ShawlA2016381
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child, Sandra Uwiringiyimana (M)
Mr. Fix It, Richard Ali A Mutu (NA)KChanga's Safari
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 Congo, Republic of the
Little Boys Come from the StarsEmmanuel Dongala2002256
The Fire of Origins, Emmanuel Dongala (A)Alain Mabanckou
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 Costa Rica
Cafe TropicanaBelinda JonesNN2006496OL
Saints of the Household, Ari TisonThe Madwoman of Gandoca; When Woman Became the Sea, Susan Strauss; The Hammerheads of Treasure IslandCocori
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 Cote d'Ivoire
Aya Vol 1: Life in Yop CityMarguerite AbouetGN2012376
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 Croatia
Girl at War Sara Nović2015320OLThe Outsiders of Uskoken Castle, Kurt Held (no ebook)Catherine the Great and the Small, Olja Knežević ; Farewell, Cowboy, Olja Savicevic
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 Cuba
The Lightning DreamerMargarita Engle2019324
The Cat King of Havana, Tom Crosshill (NN)
Don't Date Rosa Santos, Nina MorenoKYour Heart, My Sky by Margarita Engle
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 Cyprus
The Island of Missing TreesElif Shafak2021368
Selfie and Other Stories, Nora Nadjarian (SS)
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 Czech Republic
Daughter of Smoke and BoneLaini TaylorNN2011418
Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia, Michal Viewegh (NA)
Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann ; From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
My Own Revolution by Carolyn Marsden
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 Denmark
NothingJanne Teller2010227OL
The Shamer's Daughter, Lene Kaaberbøl
Splinters of Scarlet, Emily Bain Murphy (NN)K
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
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 Djibouti
The Final StrifeSaara El-ArifiINSP2022640
Saving Safa: Rescuing a Little Girl from FGM, Waris Dirie
In the United States of Africa, Abdouranhman A Waberi (A)A
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 Dominica
Unburnable, Marie-Elena John (A)Island Man
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 Dominican Republic
Clap When You LandElizabeth Acevedo2020432
Before We Were Free, Julia AlvarezPilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa by Julian Randall
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 Ecuador
The Inheritance of Orquídea DivinaZoraida Córdova2021336
Latitude Zero, Diana Renn (NN)
The Indigo Notebook, Laura Resau (NN)KJawbone,
Mónica Ojeda
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 Egypt
The City of BrassS.A. Chakraborty2017533
A Master of Djinn, P. Djèlí Clark
Cleopatra Confesses, Carolyn Meyer (NN)KIt Won't Always Be Like This, Malaka Gharib
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 El Salvador
The Grief KeeperAlexandra Villasante2019320
The Seventh Sun, Lani Forbes (INSP)Solito: A Memoir, Javier ZamoraThe Volcano Daughters by Gina María Balibrera
Just Another Story: A Graphic Migration Account by Ernesto Saade
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* England
WitherwardHannah Mathewson2021541
The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon
Midnight's Twins, Holly RaceAChain of Gold by Cassandra Clare ; House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig ; Naked '76 ; The Ghost of Buxton Manor, Jonathan L. FerraraThe strange case of the alchemist's daughter
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 Equatorial Guinea
La BastardaTrifonia Melibea Obono2016112Shadows of your Black Memory, Donato Ndongo
By Night the Mountain BurnsJuan Tomás Ávila Laurel
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 Eritrea
Black Mamba BoyNadifa Mohamed2010280
Silence is My Mother Tongue, Sulaiman AddoniaM. P. Armana (author) Mical Philipos
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 Estonia
The Man Who Spoke Snakish Andrus Kivirähk2015442The Darkest Corner of the World, Urve Tamberg
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 Eswatini
When the Ground is HardMalla Nunn
Bird of Heaven, Peter Dunseith
When Hoopoes Go to Heaven, Gaile Parkin (C)KWhat the Future Holds, Sara Mkhonza
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 Ethiopia
The Shadow KingMaaza Mengiste2019448
Within These Wicked Walls, Lauren Blackwood
Black Dove, White Raven, Elizabeth WeinK
Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot, Jane Kurtz (MG)A
Beneath the Lion's Gaze, Finding Joy - Adriana Herrera, Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oron
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 Fiji
The Wild OnesNafiza Azad2021352
Kalyana, Rajni Mala Khelawan
The Sailmaker's Daughter, Stephanie JohnsonOL
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 Finland
Memory of WaterEmmi Itäranta2014263
Maresi, Maria Turtschaninoff
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 France
Piglettes
Clementine Beauvais
2015288
Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow, Faïza Guène
One for All, Lillie LainoffK
Winter's Promise, Christelle DabosKPoison Priestess ; The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor ; All That Glitters by Gita Trelease ; The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi ; Serpent & Dove ; A Beast in Paradise, Cecile Coulon ; Dark and Deepest Red By Anna-Marie McLemore
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 Gabon
ThreatenedEliot SchreferNN2014288Awu's Story, Justine Mintsa (A)
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 Gambia
The Last CustodiansAisha Jawara2013300
Swing Time, Zadie Smith (NA)
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 Georgia
The Girl KingMeg ClothierNN2011336OL
Warrior's Love, Tamuna Tsertsvadze
A Time of Miracles, Anne-Laure Bondoux (NN)KRelief Map, Rosalie Knecht (I)The Knight in the Panther's Skin
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 Germany
Why We Took the CarWolfgang Herrndorf2010256
Traitor, Gudrun Pausewang
Girl from Mars, Tamara BachOL
Inkheart, Cornelia FunkeK
The most dazzling girl in berlin, Nothing sung and nothing spoken
Beyond the Blue Border by Dorit Linke, Boy in a White Room by Karl Olsberg, Erebos (series) by Ursula Poznanski, Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali, Tell Me What You See

By Zoran Drvenkar
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 Ghana
AlutaAdwoa Badoe2016216
Between Sisters, Adwoa Badoe
 Even When Your Voice Shakes by Ruby Yayra Goka The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander; Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi (A); Crossing the Stream by Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
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 Greece
The Necklace of Goddess AthenaEffrosyni Moschoudi2014394
Tina's Web, Alki Zei
Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii, Vicky Alvear SchecterKLove & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
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* Greenland
Last Night in NuukNiviao KorneliussenNA2014288
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 Grenada
Force RipeCindy McKenzie2015330Sugar Money, Jane Harris
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 Guatemala
Tree GirlBen MikaelsenNN2005240
The Reddening Path, Amanda Hale (NN)
Caminar, Skila Brown (NN)K
Where I Belong, Marcia Argueta Mickelson
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 Guinea
*RaybearerJordan IfuekoINSP2020368
The Dark Child, Camara Laye (A, M)The Radiance of the King, Camara Laye
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 Guinea-Bissau
*Kingdom of SoulsRena BarronINSP2019439
The Ultimate Tragedy, Abdulai Sila (A)
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 Guyana
The Girl from the Sugar PlantationSharon Maas2017338
The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad, Natasha DeenThe Greats, Deborah EllisThe Small Fortune of Dorothea Q
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 Haiti
Dear Haiti, Love AlaineMaika & Maritza Moulite2019410
In Darkness, Nick Lake (NN)
Hold Tight Don't Let Go, Laura Rose WagnerK
American Street, Ibi Zoboi
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The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold ; Simone Breaks All the Rules by Debbie Rigaud
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*Hawai'i
One Boy, No WaterLehua Parker2016285
Rani Patel in Full Effect, Sonia PatelSummer Bird Blue, Akemi Dawn Bowman
Moloka'i, Alan BrennertK
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 Honduras
Hurricane: A NovelTerry Trueman2006165
The One Who Loves You Most, Medina (IM)
The Voice Inside my Head, SJ LaidlawKTurtles of the Midnight Moon, Maria Jose Fitzgerald
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* Hong Kong
The Walled CityRyan Graudin2014424
Subway Girl, PJ Converse
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 Hungary
The Light of the Midnight StarsRena Rossner2021432
This Rebel Heart, Katherine Locke
Blood Countess, Lana PopovićK
The Wolf and the Woodsman, Ava ReidK
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 Iceland
The Casket of TimeAndri Snær Magnason2019259
Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was, Sjón
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 India
KaikeyiVaishnavi Patel2022432
Sisters of the Snake, Sasha & Sarena Nanua
Lioness of Punjab, Anita Jari KharbandaK
The Dream Runners, Shveta Thakrar
The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim ; Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar ;
Fifteen Lanes, S.J. Laidlaw ; (Un)arranged Marriage
by Bali Rai ; The Bangalore Detectives Club, Harini Nagendra; The Ivory Key, Akshaya Raman
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Indonesia
She Smells of TurmericNatasha Sondakh2021418
The Rainbow Troops, Andrea Hirata
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 Iran
If You Could Be MineSarah Farizan2013256
Darius the Great is Not Okay, Adib KhorramHere to Stay ; Disoriental, Negar Djavadi
I’ll Be Strong for You by Nasim Marashi
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 Iraq
A Brighter FearKerry DreweryNN2012284
The Baghdad Clock
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein, Jennifer Roy, Ali FadhilK
The Watermelon Boys
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 Ireland
Perfectly Preventable DeathsDeirdre Sullivan2019368
Bog Child, Siobhan Dowd
A Crack in Everything, Ruth Frances LongK
Toffee, Sarah CrossanKBreda's Island, Jesse Ann Foley ; Hope against Hope, Sheena Wilkinson ; Girls Who Slay Monsters, Ellen Ryan ; The Gifts That Bind Us, Caroline O'Donoghue
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 Israel
FreefallAnna Levine2008256
Real Time, Pnina Moed Kass
How to Ruin a Summer Vacation, Simone ElkelesKImmodest, LS EinatMazeltov, Eli Zuzovsky
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 Italy
Me and YouNiccolò Ammaniti2012451
Run for Your Life, Silvana Gandolfi
A Golden Web, Barbara Quick (NN)K
Arcardia Awakens, Kai Meyer (NN)A
The Brilliant Death, AR Capetta ; I'm not scared, ; The Sleeping Giant, Tammy Lowe ; Seven Faceless Saints (INSP)
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 Jamaica
Hurricane SummerAsha Bromfiedl2021400
Witches Steeped in Gold, Ciannon Smart
The Other Side of Paradise, Stacyann Chin (M)KWhen Life Gives You Mangos by Kereen Getten ; Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall; Wildblood, Lauren Blackwood
If you read this, kereen getten, The Hero of Fern Gully and Other Jamaican Short Stories, Basil Kong, Glen Laman
Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield
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 Japan
HarmonyProject Itoh2010252
Go, Kazuki Kaneshiro
The Beast Player, Nahoko UehashiK
Shadow of the Fox, Julie KagawaKTokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean ; A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee ; Seven Deadly Shadows by Valynne E. Maetani & Courtney Alameda ; Descendant of the Crane by Joan He My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn ; A Place to Belong, Cynthia Kadohata & Julia Kuo ; The Sign of the Chrysanthemum, Katherine Paterson & Peter Landa ; Rebel Skies, Ann Sei Lin
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 Jordan
Through a Mud WallRana AzzoubiMG200786
The Bride of Amman, Fadi Zaghmout (A)Fencing with the King, Diana Abu-JabarInto the Wadi, Michelle Drouart
Willow Trees Don't Weep, Fadia Faqir
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 Kazakhstan
Half a World AwayCynthia KadohataMGNN2014225