YA Bloggers celebrating diverse books discussion

This is a thread to add books with main characters who aren't white. I'll start off with:




Feel free to add your own!

The Woken Gods by Gwenda Bond :D

Thanks, Chiara!

And here are some others off the top of my head :D

Eleanor and Park has somewhat of a problematic representation of its Asian American make lead... A good place to start understanding why:
http://richincolor.com/2014/03/is-ele...
And
http://cielrouge.tumblr.com/post/7882...
So for future reference: not every book with a diverse cast of characters will be will have an accurate or fair representation of its diverse characters. BUT, it's also fair to note that reading a problematic book is okay as long as you are aware of why it's problematic and are able to read it critically.

I totally agree with you - representation doesn't mean positive representation, and I'm glad you pointed Eleanor and Park out. I still love it, but these things do need to be called out. Thanks for the links, they were both really helpful, both as a reader and a writer :)