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1 | Title Red font = Reserved Titles Purple font = student recommended diverse titles Underlined (blue, purple or red) = link to overview sheet | Author | First Use Grade-Level | Reserved Status | Genre | Diversity Themes | Region | Time Period | Date Approved |
2496 | Doubt: A Parable | Shanley, John Patrick | 12 | Drama | Tradition v. Progress | United States | 1950-2000 | 5/12/2026 | |
2497 | Everything Sad is Untrue | Nayeri, Daniel | 7 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | BIPOC | United States/Middle East | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | |
2498 | I heard Her Call My Name | Sante, Lucy | 11 | Memoir | LGBTQ+ Transgender | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | |
2499 | Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from Our Culture of Contempt | Brooks, Arthur | 12 | Nonfiction | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | ||
2500 | The Cost of Knowing | Morris, Brittney | 9 | BIPOC | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | ||
2501 | Theodore BooneL Kid Lawyer | Grisham, John | 7 | Realistic Ficton | Immigrant Rights | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | |
2502 | Tigers, Not Daughters | Mabry, Samantha | 9 | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2026 | |||
2503 | Boxers & Saints | Yang, Gene Luen | 9 | Historical Fiction | BIPOC | Asia | 1800s | 9/23/2025 | |
2504 | Braiding Sweetgrass | Wall Kimmerer, Robin | 11 | General Nonfiction | Indigenous Peoples, Botany | United States | 1500s-1700s, 1800s, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 9/23/2025 | |
2505 | In The Heights | Manuel Miranda, Lin | 8 | Drama | BIPOC, Immigration, American Dream | United States, South or Central America | Post-2000 | 9/23/2025 | |
2506 | Measure, The | Erlick, Nikki | 10 | Dystopian | Social Justice, Systemic Segregation | United States | Future or Fantasy World, present day but alternative reality | 9/23/2025 | |
2507 | The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | McGhee, Heather | 8 | General Nonfiction | Prejudice & Racism, Social Awareness, Social Issues, Social-Emotional Learning, Sociology | United States | 1900-1950, 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 9/23/2025 | |
2508 | It's Kind of a Funny Story | Vizzini, Ned | 10 | Realistic Fiction | Mental Health Awareness | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2025 | |
2509 | The Memory Police | Ogawa, Yoko | 11 | Dystopian | BIPOC | Fantasy, sci-fi, pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 5/12/2025 | |
2510 | The Mighty Red | Erdrich, Louise | 11 | Realistic Fiction | BIPOC, socio-economic diversity | United States | Post-2000 | 5/12/2025 | |
2511 | After The Dance | Danticat, Edwidge | 11 | General Fiction | POC, Immigration | Carribbean | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2512 | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Sijie, Dai | 11 | Historical Fiction | POC | Asia | 1950-2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2513 | Beyond The Bright Sea | Wolk, Lauren | 6 | Historical Fiction | Racism, prejudice | United States | 1900-1950 | 3/11/2025 | |
2514 | Finding Gobi: Young Reader's Edition | Leonard, Dion | 6 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | United States, Asia | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | ||
2515 | Great Believers, The | Makkai, Rebecca | 11 | Realistic Fiction | LGBTQIA+ | United States, Europe | 1950-2000, Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2516 | How Do You Live? | Yoshino, Genzaburo | 7 | Realistic Fiction | Japanese, Multi-cultural, socio-economical | Asia | 1900-1950 | 3/11/2025 | |
2517 | Junie | Crosby Eckstine, Erin | 9 | Historical Fiction | BIPOC, | United States | 1800s | 3/11/2025 | |
2518 | Kareen Between | Saltagi Safadi, Shifa | 6 | Realistic Fiction | BIPOC, Syrian, refugee, immigration | United States | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2519 | Out Stealing Horses | Petterson, Per | 11 | Historical Fiction | Europe | 1948 & 1999 | 3/11/2025 | ||
2520 | Solo | Alexander, Kwame | 7 | Poetry | Cultural Studies | United States | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2521 | Station Eleven | St. John Mandel, Emily | 10 | Dystopian | United States | Future or Fantasy World | 3/11/2025 | ||
2522 | The House of Eve | Johnson, Sadeqa | 9 | Historical Fiction | BIPOC | United States | 1900-1950 | 3/11/2025 | |
2523 | The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College | Cohen, Harlan | 12 | Narrative Nonfiction | Education | United States | 3/11/2025 | ||
2524 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Chbosky, Stephen | 9 | Realistic Fiction | United States | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | ||
2525 | Wild Dreamers | Engle, Margarita | 7 | Realistic Fiction | BIPOC, immigrant/refugee, assasination, mental health | United States | Post 2000 | 3/11/2025 | |
2526 | Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults | Wall Kimmerer, Robin and Gray Smith, Monique | 9 | General Fiction | Indigenous author, exploration of indigenous philosophies | United States | 11/5/2024 | ||
2527 | How the Irish Saved Civilization | Cahill, Thomas | 9 | General Nonfiction | Europe | Acient or pre-history | 11/5/2024 | ||
2528 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Campbell, Joseph | 9 | General Fiction | All - the book covers cultures from the pre-classical ancient worlds to today. | Ancient history or pre-history, Both ancient and modern | 11/5/2024 | ||
2529 | The Vanishing Half | Bennett, Brit | 11 | Historical Fiction | Black author, Black and multiracial characters, LGBTQ+ characters | United States | 1900-1950, 1950-2000 | 11/5/2024 | |
2530 | In the Country We Love | Guerrero, Diane | 12 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | BIPOC author, Her parents were deported when she was in high school. | United States, Mexico | Post-2000 | 9/10/2024 | |
2531 | Into the Riverlands | Vo, Nghi | 9 | Fantasy | LGBT, Queer, Asian Literature | Asia, Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world, A fantasy world highly inspired by Chinese culture. | Future or Fantasy World | 9/10/2024 | |
2532 | Perks of Being a Wallflower | Chbosky, Stephen | 10 | Realistic Fiction | United States | 1950-2000 | 9/10/2024 | ||
2533 | Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenager Whose Lives it Changed | Slater, Dashka | 8 | Narrative Nonfiction | BIPOC characters (biracial), LGBTQ characters, racism, social justice, SEL | United States | Post-2000, 2017 | 5/15/2024 | |
2534 | All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto | Johnson, George | 12 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | People of Color, Black Voice, Trans Experience, LGBTQIA+ | United States | Post-2000 | 5/15/2024 | |
2535 | Door of No Return, The | Alexander, Kwame | 7 | Historical Fiction | Takes the perspective of an eleven-year-old living in West Africa (Ghana); life in pre-slavery areas of West Africa | Africa | 1800s | 5/15/2024 | |
2536 | Finally Heard | Yang, Kelly | 6 | Realistic Fiction | The story focuses on a Chinese immigrant family | United States | Post-2000 | 5/15/2024 | |
2537 | Mrs. Dalloway | Woolf, Virginia | 10 | Realistic Fiction | LGTBTQ+ Feminism | Europe | 1900-1950 | 5/15/2024 | |
2538 | Patient Zero | Peters, Marilee | 7 | General Nonfiction | United States, Europe, Asia, Through multiple regions | 1500s-1700s, 1800s, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 5/15/2024 | ||
2539 | Red Pencil, The | Pavao, Kate | 7 | Historical Fiction | Genocide | Africa | Post-2000 | 5/15/2024 | |
2540 | Song of Solomon | Morrison, Toni | 11 | 5/15/2024 | |||||
2541 | Truth About Truman School, The | Butler, Dori Hillestad | 6 | Realistic Fiction | One of the main characters is Muslim; human rights & free speech | United States | Post-2000 | 5/15/2024 | |
2542 | 1984 Graphic Novel, The | Orwell, George and Fido Nesti | 10 | Dystopian | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | ||
2543 | Ace of Spades | Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah | 11 | Realistic Fiction | BIPOC author, protagonists, microaggressions, racism | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2544 | All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Editor), Katharine K. Wilkinson (Editor) | 10 | General Nonfiction | BIPOC | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2545 | Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude | Gay, Ross | 12 | Poetry | BIPOC | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2546 | Disgraced | Akhtar, Ayad | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2547 | Down Among the Sticks and Bones | McGuire, Seanan | 8 | Fantasy | LGBTQ+ | United States, Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | |
2548 | Girl Who Drank the Moon, The | Barnhill, Kelly | 6 | Fantasy | themes of absolute power, life in a dictatorship, coming of age | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | |
2549 | Girls with Sharp Sticks | Young, Suzanne | 8 | Dystopian | United States | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | ||
2550 | Heartstopper | Oseman, Alice | 8 | Realistic Fiction | LGBTQ+, mental illness | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2551 | Mexican Gothic | Moreno-Garcia, Silvia | 9 | Horror | Author and Main Characters are Mexican | Mexico | 1950-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2552 | Mojada | Alfaro, Luis | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters, This is a retelling of Medea with Latinx characters. | United States, Mexico | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2553 | Night Watchman, The | Erdrich, Louise | 12 | Historical Fiction | BIPOC | United States | 1950-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2554 | Nimona | Stevenson, ND | 6 | Fantasy | LGBTQ+ | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | |
2555 | Otherworld | Segel, Jason | 8 | Dystopian | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 3/19/2024 | ||
2556 | Promise Boys | Brooks, Nick | 8 | Realistic Fiction | BIPOC | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2557 | Rollergirl | Jamieson, Victoria | 6 | Realistic Fiction | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | ||
2558 | She Kills Monsters | Nguyen, Qui | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters, LGBTQ character | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2559 | Sweat | Nottage, Lynn | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2560 | Thanksgiving Play, The | Fasthorse, Larissa | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters | United States | Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2561 | Vietgone | Nguyen, Qui | 11 | Drama | BIPOC author and characters | United States, Asia | 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 3/19/2024 | |
2562 | War Girls | Onyebuchi,Tochi | 8 | Dystopian | BIPOC, underrepresented characters in genre (Black women) | Africa | 3/19/2024 | ||
2563 | You Better Be Lightning | Gibson, Andrea | 9 | Poetry | Queer, LGBTQ+, nonbinary, ableism, mental health, climate justice, | United States | 3/19/2024 | ||
2564 | Warrior Girl Unearthed | Boulley, Angeline | 9 | Realistic Fiction | Indigenous Author, Female Indigenous Protagonist, Identity, Ojibwe, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Repatriation of Indigenous Remains | United States | Post-2000 | 3/15/2024 | |
2565 | All You Can Ever Know | Chung, Nicole | 10 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | Asian-American, Transracial Adoption | United States | 1950-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2566 | Chasing Lincoln's Killer | Swanson, James | 8 | Narrative Nonfiction | United States | 1800s | 12/5/2023 | ||
2567 | Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans | Brown, Don | 9 | Narrative Nonfiction | United States | Post-2000 | 12/5/2023 | ||
2568 | Dry | Shusterman, Neal & Jarrod | 7 | Science Fiction | United States | Future or Fantasy World, Post-2000 | 12/5/2023 | ||
2569 | Hey, Kiddo | Krosoczka, Jarrett J. | 9 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | United States | 1950-2000 | 12/5/2023 | ||
2570 | I Was Their American Dream | Gharib, Malaka | 9 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | Filipino-American, Egyptian-American, Mixed identities, BIPOC, Multi-Cultural American Identity | United States | 1950-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2571 | Other Half of Happy, The | Balcarcel, Rebecca | 6 | Realistic Fiction | Biracial protagonist, biracial author | United States | Post-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2572 | Outsiders, The | Hinton, S.E. | 6 | Realistic Fiction | Diversity, Class Differences, Hope, Allusions | United States | 1950-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2573 | Spellbound | Som, Bishakh | 9 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | BIPOC, transgender | United States | 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2574 | True Biz: A Novel | Novic, Sara | 11 | Realistic Fiction | Diverse Abilities; Deaf Children; Deaf Culture; Deaf Education; Coming of Age; Friends & Friendship; Overcoming Adversity; Physical Disabilities & Special Needs; Determination; Identity; LGBTQ+ Representation | United States | Post-2000 | 12/5/2023 | |
2575 | Wild Robot, The | Brown, Peter | 6 | Science Fiction | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World | 12/5/2023 | ||
2576 | Ain't I a Woman | Hooks, Bell | 11 | General Nonfiction | Black women, feminism | United States | Does not apply | 9/5/2023 | |
2577 | All My Rage | Tahir, Sabaa | 11 | Realistic Fiction | BIPIC female author and Pakistani-American protagonists | United States, Middle East | Post-2000 | 9/5/2023 | |
2578 | Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, 1) | Alston, B.B. | 6 | Fantasy | BIPOC author and protagonist | United States, Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Future or Fantasy World, Post-2000 | 9/5/2023 | |
2579 | American Fever | e Aziz Amna, Dur | 10 | Realistic Fiction | Author is a Pakistani-American woman | United States, Asia | Post-2000 | 9/5/2023 | |
2580 | Immortalist, The | Benjamin, Chloe | 10 | Historical Fiction | United States | 1900-1950, 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 9/5/2023 | ||
2581 | Last Night at the Telegraph Club | Lo, Malinda | 10 | Historical Fiction | Asian (Famle, Protagonist), LGBTQ+, Red Scare paranoia, | United States | 1900-1950 | 9/5/2023 | |
2582 | Magic Fish, The | Le Nguyen, Trung | 9 | Other | Representation for young lgbtq members, representation of Vietnamese people by the protagonist and the author | United States, Asia | seemingly modern day | 9/5/2023 | |
2583 | Night Circus, The | Morgenstern, Erin | 10 | Fantasy | United States, Europe | 1800s | 9/5/2023 | ||
2584 | Ring Shout | Clark, P. Djeli | 11 | Other | BIPOC author & protagonists | United States | 1900-1950 | 9/5/2023 | |
2585 | Song of Achilles, The | Miller, Madeline | 10 | Fantasy | LGBTQ+ | Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Ancient history or pre-history | 9/5/2023 | |
2586 | A River Sutra | Mehta, Gita | 10 | Realistic Fiction | religion, Indian society | Asia | 1950-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2587 | A Snake Falls to Earth | Little Badger, Darcie | 6 | Fantasy | BIPOC author and protagonist | United States, Fantasy, sci-fi, or pre-historic world | Post-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2588 | Apple: Skin to the Core | Gansworth, Eric | 10 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | Indigenous Voices, Native Voices | United States | Post-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2589 | Bernhardt/Hamlet | Rebeck, Theresa | 12 | Other | sexism | United States | 1800s | 5/10/2023 | |
2590 | Cemetery Boys | Thomas, Aiden | 9 | Fantasy | Bipoc protagonists, Latinx culture, transgender Protagonist and nonbinary trans author | United States | Does not apply | 5/10/2023 | |
2591 | Complete Stories, The | O’Connor, Flannery | 11 | Realistic Fiction | writer is a person with a physical disability (Lupus); stories explore issues of equity | United States | 1900-1950, 1950-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2592 | House on Mango Street | Cisneros, Sandra | 8 | Memoir/Biography/Autobiography | BIPOC author, BIPOC protagonist, underrepresented voices | United States | 1950-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2593 | Influencing Machine, The | Gladstone, Brooke | 11 | General Nonfiction | bias and misinformation in media | United States | Ancient history or pre-history, 1500s-1700s, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, Post-2000 | 5/10/2023 | |
2594 | Klara and the Sun | Ishiguro, Kazuo | 11 | Science Fiction | BIPOC author, equity/social justice themes about social heirarchies | Europe | Future or Fantasy World | 5/10/2023 |