concenter (book list)

 concenter (con·cen·ter) :  Pronunciation:/kənˈsentər, kän-/ :  verb
1. [with object] concentrate (something) in a small space or area.
2. [no object] come together or collect at a common center.
3. archaic bring or draw (two or more things ) toward a common center.

You may recall the posts “silenced voices” and “voces silenciadas” in which two marginalized groups of writers were featured. In the first, I relayed the post “grim realities” by Zetta Elliott at Fledgling in which Elliott has compiled a terribly small list of 2010 Middle-grade/Young adult published work by US-based authors of African descent. In the second, “voces,” I mentioned Doret of The Happy Nappy Bookseller and her compiled list of Hispanic authors of 2010 mg/ya books.

Other excellent resources: blog “CrazyQuiltEdi” and her list of Authors of Color. “Reading in Color” has this booklist w/ various genre reads!

I’ve decided it would be easier to keep a list (in alphabetical order) on its own page rather than link back to any previous posts; thus “Concenter.” As I read books from the lists, I will put a link. If you’ve read one and would like to do a post on it, email me: omphaloskepsis (at) stonhaus (dot) com.

note: my tag “concenter” should direct you to reviews of books w/ key characters and/or authors of color.

2012

 need a new list, I know.

2011

2011 list as borrowed from Color Online Blog: This is an expanded list including authors of color and books featuring people of color. “I’ve compiled a list of all the 2011 YA/MG books coming out about people of color that I could find. I tried to go for some kind of order but gave up after awhile. :p.  A * denotes an author of color.”—“Color Online.“

this is alphabetized by author (for my later convenient reference) so mind the publication dates for availability.

1. How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen* (February 22, 2011. MG)….post.

2 .Mystify (Mystyx #2) by Artist Arthur* (February 1, 2011. YA)

3. Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court, edited by Marc Aronson and Charles R. Smith Jr. (February 8, 2011. YA)

4. I Am J by Cris Beam (March 1, 2011. YA)

5. Sequins, Secrets and Silver Linings by Sophia Bennett (January 2011)

6. Glitz by Philana Marie Boles* (February 3, 2011. YA).

7. Bronxwood by Coe Booth* (September 1, 2011).

8. Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon (Young Samurai #3) by Chris Bradford (February 1, 2011. MG)

9.  Famous by Simone Bryant* (January 1, 2011. YA)

10. Consumed (Possessed #2) by Kate Cann (February 1, 2011)

11. All the Wrong Moves by Nikki Carter* (January 1, 2011. YA)

12. Doing My Own Thing by Nikki Carter* (July 1, 2011. YA)

13. Amigas: A Formal Affair by Veronica Chambers *(May 10, 2011. MG/YA)

14. Vanished by Sheela Chari* (August 9, 2011. MG)

15. The Dark Goddess (A Devil’s Kiss Novel) by Sarwat Chadda* (January 25, 2011. YA)

16. If I Could Fly by Judith Ortiz Cofer* (May 24, 2011. YA)

17. Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling (July 12, 2011. MG)

18. Subway Girl by P.J. Converse (March 1, 2011. YA)

19. You Don’t Have a Clue: Latino Mysteries for Teens edited by Sarah Cortez* (April 28, 2011. YA)

20. Where I Belong by Gillian Cross (April 1, 2011. YA)

21. Drama High: The Meltdown by L. Divine* (January 25, 2011)

22. So So Hood (Drama High)) by L. Divine* (June 1, 2011. YA)

23. Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles (May 24, 2011. YA)

24. Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle* (March 15, 2011. YA)

25. Circus Galacticus by Deva Fagan (Fall 2011)

26. The Queen of Water by Maria Virginia Farinang*o & Laura Resau (March 8, 2011. MG)

27. Samurai Kids #2: Owl Ninja by Sandy Fussell (February 8, 2011)

28. Stir It Up! by Ramin Ganeshram (August 1, 2011. MG)

29. Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia* (July 12, 2011. YA)

30. Sister Mischief by Laura Goode (July 12, 2011. YA)

31. Tall Story by Candy Gourlay* (February 8, 2011. MG).

32. Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream by Jenny Han* (January 4, 2011. MG)…post.

33. Return to Me by Justina Chen Headley* (Fall 2011)

34. SkateFate by Juan Felipe Herrera* (February 22, 2011)

35. Tiger’s Curse (Tiger Saga #1) by Colleen Houck (January 11, 2011. YA)

36. Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang (January 11, 2011)

37. Freedom’s Stone by Jeffrey Kluger (January 6, 2011)

38. Wildefire by Karsten Knight (July 26, 2011. YA)

39. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai *(February 22, 2011. MG)…post.

40. Huntress by Malinda Lo* (April 5, 2011. YA)

41. Bayou, Volume 2 by Jeremy Love (January 25, 2011).

42. Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon* (January 4, 2011.)

43. Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott (July 2011. YA)

44. Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez (Fall 2011)

45. Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall* (May 2011. MG)

46. The Anti-Prom by Abby McDonald (April 12, 2011. YA)

47. Confessions of a Cyborg by Patricia C. McKissack (February 1, 2011. MG)

48. Posses by Gretchen McNeil (Fall 2011)

49. Jazz in Love by Neesha Meminger* (January 10, 2011. YA)

50. Luminous by Dawn Metcalf (July 7th, 2011. YA)

51. Joseph’s Grace by Sheila Moses* (January 4, 2011. YA)

52. Stolen Girl/Girl on Fire by Yxta Maya Murray* (July 7, 2011. YA)

53. Kick by Walter Dean Myers & Ross Workman (February 1, 2011. MG)

54. Carmen by Walter Dean Myers *(April 26, 2011. YA)

55. Eliza’s Freedom Road by Jerdine Nolen* (January 4, 2011. MG)

56. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor* (April 1, 2011. YA)

57. Karma by Cathy Ostlere (March 31, 2011. YA)

58. What Can’t Wait by Ashley Hope Perez* (March 28, 2011.YA)

59. Bird in a Box by Andrea Pinkney*, illustrated by Sean Qualls (April 12, 2011. YA)

60. Fury of the Phoenix by Cindy Pon* (March 29, 2011. YA)

61. This Thing Called the Future by J.L. Powers (April 1, 2011)

62. Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (January 1, 2011. MG)

63. Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves* (January 4, 2011. YA)

64. Illegal by Bettina Restrepo* (March 8, 2011. YA)…post.

65. Across the Universe by Beth Revis (January 8, 2011. YA)

66. Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez* (April 19, 2011. YA)

67. The Bestest Ramadan Ever by Medeia Sharif* (July 8th, 2011. YA)

68. Upgrade U by Ni-Ni Simone* (March 1, 2011. YA)

69. The Break-Up Diaries by Ni-Ni Simone* (April 26, 2011. YA)

70. Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith* (February 8, 2011. YA)

71. The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson* (January 1, 2011. YA)

72. Orchards by Holly Thompson (February 22, 2011)

73. Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman* (August 4, 2011. YA)

74. The Trouble With Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante* (January 6, 2011. MG)

75. Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (April 14, 2011. YA)

76. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang* (January 1, 2011. MG)

77. Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams (July 5, 2011. YA)

78. The Star Maker by Laurence Yep* (January 1, 2011. MG)

79. The Detention Club by David Yoo* (July 1, 2011. YA)

2010

African descent 2010 (mg/ya)

1. Artist Arthur, MANIFEST (August; Kimani)
2. LA Banks, SHADOW WALKER (November; Sea Lion Books)
3. Derrick Barnes, WE COULD BE BROTHERS (November; Scholastic)
4. Monica S. Baker, FREESTYLE (July; Schiffer)
5. ReShonda Tate Billingsley, CAUGHT UP IN THE DRAMA (April; Gallery)
6. ReShonda Tate Billingsley, DRAMA QUEENS (November; Gallery)
7. BA Binns, PULL (October; Westside)
8. Tonya Bolden, FINDING FAMILY (August; Bloomsbury)
9. Victoria Bond & TR Simon, ZORA & ME (October; Candlewick)…mg, post.
10. Simone Bryant, FABULOUS (February; Kimani)
11. Claudia Mair Burney, THE EXORSISTAH: X RETURNS (November; Pocket Star)
12. AJ Byrd, LOSING ROMEO (November; Kimani)
13. Nikki Carter, ALL THE WRONG MOVES (December; Dafina)
14. Nikki Carter, COOL LIKE THAT (March; Dafina)
15. Nikki Carter, NOT A GOOD LOOK (September; Dafina)
16. Noni Carter, GOOD FORTUNE (January; Simon & Schuster)
17. Veronica Chambers, AMIGAS #1: FIFTEEN CANDLES (May; Hyperion)
18. Veronica Chambers, AMIGAS #2: LIGHTS, CAMERA, QUINCE (August; Hyperion)
19. Veronica Chambers, PLUS (August; Razorbill)
20. Cecil R. Cross II, NEXT SEMESTER (January; Kimani)
21. L. Divine, DRAMA HIGH: COLD AS ICE (June; Dafina)
22. L. Divine, DRAMA HIGH: CULTURE CLASH (February; Dafina)
23. L. Divine, DRAMA HIGH: PUSHIN’ (September; Dafina)
24. Sharon Draper, OUT OF MY MIND  (March; Atheneum)
25. Zetta Elliott, A WISH AFTER MIDNIGHT (February; AmazonEncore)
26. Sharon Flake, YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW ME (February; Hyperion)
27. Sundee Frazier, THE OTHER HALF OF MY HEART (June; Delacorte)
28. Christopher Grant, TEENIE (December; Knopf)
29. Nikki Grimes, A GIRL NAMED MISTER (August; Zondervan)
30. Ernest Hill, FAMILY TIES (September; Dafina)
31. Travis Hunter, AT THE CROSSROADS (November; Dafina)
32. Travis Hunter, TWO THE HARD WAY (July; Dafina)
33. Angela Johnson, SWEET, HEREAFTER (January; Simon & Schuster)
34. Varian Johnson, SAVING MADDIE (March; Delacorte)
35. Traci L. Jones, FINDING MY PLACE (May; FSG)
36. Lyah LeFlore, CAN’T HOLD ME DOWN (June; Simon Pulse)
37. Torrey Maldonado, SECRET SATURDAYS (April; Gallery)
38. Monica McKayhan, STEP UP (June; Kimani)
39. Patricia C. McKissack, et al., THE CLONE CODES (February; Scholastic)
40. Denene Millner, MISS YOU, MINA (July; Scholastic); post…mg
41. Stephanie Perry Moore, ENJOYING TRUE PEACE (January; Lift Every Voice)
42. Stephanie Perry Moore, GET WHAT YOU GIVE (May; Dafina)
43. Walter Dean Myers, THE CRUISERS (August; Scholastic)
44. Walter Dean Myers, LOCKDOWN (February; Amistad)
45. Sofia Quintero, EFRAIN’S SECRET (April; Knopf)
46. Dia Reeves, BLEEDING VIOLET (January; Simon Pulse)
47. Jewell Parker Rhodes, NINTH WARD (August; Little, Brown), post…(mg)
48. Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, 8TH GRADE SUPERZERO (January; Arthur Levine), post…(mg)
49. Rachel Renee Russell, DORK DIARIES 2 (June; Aladdin)
50. Earl Sewell, DECISION TIME (December; Kimani)
51. Earl Sewell, MYSELF AND I (September; Kimani)
52. Ni-Ni Simone, TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR (April; Dafina)
53. Jacquelin Thomas, SPLIT ENDS (March; Pocket)
54. Renee Watson, WHAT MOMMA LEFT ME (July; Bloomsbury)
55. Allison Whittenberg, TUTORED (December, Delacorte)
56. Lori Aurelia Williams, MAXINE BANKS IS GETTING MARRIED (September; Roaring Brook Press)
57. Rita Williams-Garcia, ONE CRAZY SUMMER  (January; Harper): post…mg.
58. Ebony Joy Wilkins, SELLOUT (July; Scholastic)
59. Sherri Winston, PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE FIFTH GRADE (October; Little, Brown)

Hispanic descent 2010 (mg/ya)

1. How Tia Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez. post….mg
2. Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes
3. Amigas#2, Lights Camera, Quince – by Veronica Chambers
4. She’s Got Game by Veronica Chambers
5. The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle post…mg/ya
6. When the Stars Go Blue by Caridad Ferrer
7. 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
8. Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia Mccall
9. The F Factor by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
10. The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, post…mg/ya
11. Secret Saturdays by Torrey Maldonado
12. The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
13. I Will Save You by Matt de la Pena
14. Efrain’s Secret by Sofia Quintero
15. The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork, post…ya
16. Mr. Mendonza’s Paintbrush by Luis Alberto Urrea