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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kevin (20 Lists)



When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright
YA Adoption Fiction
249 books — 47 voters
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'ConnorTyrell by Coe Booth
Homelessness in Children's Fiction
116 books — 41 voters

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine PatersonHalf a World Away by Cynthia KadohataThe Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
Kids in Foster Care
396 books — 179 voters
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
Best Multicultural Books for Children
470 books — 358 voters

Orleans by Sherri L. SmithCinder by Marissa Meyer
Dystopia Diversity
125 books — 91 voters
When I Was the Greatest by Jason ReynoldsThe Great Greene Heist by Varian JohnsonThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderFake ID by Lamar Giles
A Patient Man Will Eat Ripe Fruit: Incoming MG & YA Books Written by Black Authors for 2014
42 books — 27 voters

The Great Greene Heist by Varian JohnsonThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderWhen I Was the Greatest by Jason ReynoldsLike No Other by Una LaMarcheFake ID by Lamar Giles
2014 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
180 books — 130 voters
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangWill Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,930 books — 1,307 voters

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki GrimesLittle Sister Is Not My Name! by Sharon M. DraperThe Buried Bones Mystery by Sharon M. Draper
Beginning Chapter Books Whose Lead Characters Are POC
185 books — 46 voters
Feed by Mira GrantZone One by Colson WhiteheadWorld War Z by Max BrooksWarm Bodies by Isaac MarionThe First Days by Rhiannon Frater
Zombies!
1,708 books — 4,369 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Passage by Justin CroninThe Postman by David BrinAlas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 voters
Open Our Eyes by Kevin D. Hendricks
Homeless
141 books — 54 voters

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Homelessness in Fiction
219 books — 128 voters
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Myanmar/Burma
133 books — 73 voters

Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Fictitious Burma
33 books — 18 voters
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Burma
28 books — 10 voters

The Return by Sonia Levitin
Books Set in Ethiopia
128 books — 85 voters
The Return by Sonia Levitin
All Things Ethiopia
72 books — 46 voters