Coming to a Bookstore Near You: "Diverse" Young Adult Novels
Channel: The Eighth Square
Date: 2019-01-30

If you stumbled upon this video looking for actual recommendations, I apologize. This is NOT the video you are looking for. If, however, you'd like to hear me rant about the ridiculous state of Young Adult fiction these days, you've come to the right place. Enjoy your peek at five "diverse" Young Adult books coming to a bookstore near you!

The books:
#1: Internment
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38167114-internment
The Kirkus review for this one made me cry in my soul and I wish I had looked at it for this video: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/samira-ahmed/internment/

#2: I Wish You All the Best
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39678923-i-wish-you-all-the-best

#3: Count Me In
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43231100-count-me-in

#4: How to Make Friends With the Sea
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38724629-how-to-make-friends-with-the-sea

#5: Bismillah Beat
Publication is too far out for the book to be listed online, but here's the author: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1651839.Sheba_Karim

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