Booklist 2008/2009

Fiction 2008

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (Walker Books for Young Readers, 2008 )

Joseph by Shelia P. Moses ( Margaret K. McElderry, 2008 )

Chess  Rumble by G. Neri;  illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson (Lee & Low, 2008 )

Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2008 )

Hot Girl by Dream Jordan (St. Martin Press, 2008)

Dark dude by Oscar Hijuelos (Atheneum, 2008 )

If I was your boyfriend; Trouble follows; 16 isn’t always sweet; The pact; Dirty jersey; Shrink to fit; Hallway diaries (Kimani Tru)

Beacon Hill High by Monique & Sherri McGee McCovey (Sept, 2008 )

Chameleon by Charles R. Smith (September, 2008 )

Red Glass by Laura Resau

Kendra by Coe Booth (October, 2008 )

Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth  (October, 2007 )

Five Miles to Empty by Harold Imes ( re issue June, 2008 )

She said, she said Celeste O Norfleet and Jennifer Norfleet (June, 2008 )

That’s what’s up! Paula Chase (June, 2008 )

Courtin Jayd (Drama High) L. Divine (August, 2008 )

He forgot to say goodbyeby Benjamin Alire Saenz (June, 2008 )

Rogelia’s house of magic by Jamie Martinez Wood (June, 2008 )

Path to my African eyes by Ermila Moodley

First Daughter: White House Rules Mitali Perkins (January, 2008 )

Esperanza: A latina story Sandra Lopez

Roots and wings Many Ly

Sacred Leaf Debra Ellis (August, 2007) Americas Award Commended Title

Good Enough Paula Yoo (February, 2008 )

Gamma Glamma Kim Flores (January, 2008 )

My life as a rhombus Varian Johnson (January, 2008 ) First Chapter

After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson (January, 2008 )

Mexican White Boy Matt de la Pena August, (2008 )

Fat hoochie prom queen Nico Medina (May, 2008 )

Hurrican Song Paul Volponi

The Whole Sky Full of Stars by Rene Saldana

The Brothers Torres by Coert Vorhees (April, 2008 )

Anahita’s woven riddle Meghan Nuttall Syres

Hotlanta Denene Millner Mitzi Miller (April, 2008 )

Pass on no pass back Darrell Lum

Sunrise over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers

Island boyz Graham Salisbury

Ask me no questions Marina Budhos

Across a hundred mountains Renya Grande

Scandalosa: A Honey blonde chica novel Michelle Serros

Fifteen candles: Fifteen tales of taffeta, hair spray, drunk uncles and other quiceanera stories Adriana Lopez

Rolling Wit the punches Jarold Imes

Running wit no breaks Jarold Imes

The ALT Girlz Series Sonia Hayes (Urban Goddess; Eye Candy)

Ms. Thang Sonia Hayes

Growing Pains Rhonda Allen

Adios to my old life Caridad Ferrer

It’s not about the accent Caridad Ferrer

That’s What’s Up Paula Chase Hyman

Life is Fine Allison Whittenberg

Touching Snow M. Sindy Felin

Conception Kalisha Buckhanon

Sold Patricia McCormick

Chasing the Jaguar Michele Dominguez Greene

Quedando bien Anilu Bernardo

Tyrone’s Betral Gloria Velasquez

My father, the angel of death Ra Villareal

Quesadilla Moon Gary Castillo

How to Salsa in a Sari Dona Sarkar (Kimani Tru)

A matter of attitude Hayden (Kimani Tru)

Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa Micol Ostow

Scandalosa: A Honey Blonde Chica Novel Michele Serros

Game Walter Dean Myers

Useful Fools Corrine Schmidt

Chameleon Charles Smith

Staci & Cole R.M. Johnson

Lady J L. Divine (Drama High Series)

Graffiti Girl Kelly Parra

When the Black Girl Sings Bil Wright

Marked by Fire Joyce Carol Thomas

What they found: Love on 145th Street Walter Dean Myers (2008 Best Book for Young Adults)

World Lit

Mister Pip by Lloyd Johnson (2006) Commonwealth Writer’s Prize; shortlisted for the Man Booker Award

Beneath my mother’s feet Amjed Qamar, June 2008

The door of no return by Sarah Mussi (August, 2008; winner 2007 Glen Dimplex Awards UK)

The Last of the warrior kings by Sarah Mussi

Say you’re one of them by Uwem Akpan

Chanda’s War by Allan Stratton (2008 )

A long way gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier Ishmael Beah ( 2008 Alex Award)

Religious

The triumph of my soul (multiple authors)

With friends like these Reshonda Tate Billingsley

Pressing hard; Problem solved (Perry Skky series) by Stephanie Perry Moore

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Lesson Fred Rutledge (March, 2008)

Marvelous World by Troy Cle

Zahrah the windseeker Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

The Shadow Speaker Nnedi Okorafo-Mbachu

Comics/Graphic Novels

Pitch Black by by Youme Landowne / Anthony Horton

Aya ; Aya of Yop CIty ; Marguerite Abouet

Team Blanga

Satchel Paige: striking out Jim Crow by James Sturm and Richard Tommaso

Chance in hell Gilbert Hernandez

Malcolm X: A graphic biography Andrew Helfer (2008 Best Book for Young Adults)

Poetry/Drama

¡Aplauso! Hispanic Children’s theater Joe Rosenburg

Why war is never a good idea Alice Walker

Non-Fiction

Reaching out Francsco Jimenez (Houghton Mifflin, 2008 )

Latino Chronology D. H. Figueredo (New York Library Association Best Reference 2007)

No way home: A dancer’s journey from the streets of Havana to the stages of the world Carlos Acosta

Walk with us: triplet boys and their teen parents and two white women who tagged along Elizabeth Gordon, Crandall Dostie & Douglass Books, 2007

The bond: three young men learn to forgive and re-connect with their fathers Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt Riverhead Hardcover, 2007

Mi voz, mi vida Latino college students tell their life storiesCornell University Press, 2007

The buzz on M.L.K. Journey of a King Tonya Bolden ( 2008 NCTE Orbis Picture Award)

George Washington Carver Tonya Bolden

Other heroes: African American Comic Creators, Characters and Archetypes

Professional Reading

Free within ourselves: The development of African American children’s literature by Rudine Sims Bishop (May, 2007 )

2009 BOOKS

FICTION 2009

Everything Asian by Sung Woo April, 2009 excerpt

Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper

Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah

John Lewis in the lead by Jim Haskins

Climbing the stairs Venkatraman Padma

Perfect Shot Debbie Rigaud (Dec. 2009)

Child of dandelions Nanji,Shenaaz

Daughters of the Stone by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Bobby vs. Girls (accidentally) by Lisa Yee

Naming Maya by Uma Krishnaswami

L.A. Summer by Sheryl-Mallory Johnson

Gateway by Sharon Shinn

Eighth Grade SuperZero by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Secret Keeper by Mitali Perkins

LipGloss Chronicles: vol 1 The Ultimate Test by Shelia Goss

Does my head look big in this? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Bayou vol #1 by Jeremy Love

Mare’s War by Tanita Davis

I Love Yous Are For White People by Lac Su (Harper Collins, 2009 )

Wanting Mor by Rukhsana Khan

Surf Mules G. Neri (June, 2009)

Keep it Movin’ L. Divine (June, 2009)

Shine Coconut Moon Neesha Meminger (March, 2009)

Marcelo in the Real World Francisco Stork (Arthur A. Levine Books, March 2009 )

Just Another Hero Sharon Draper (Antheneum, June 2009 )

Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth

Asleep by Wendy Raven McNair

The Pearl of Tiger Bay by Gabrielle Wang

Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon

The Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farook

Chenxi and the Foreigner by Sally Rippin

Growing up Asian in Australia edited by Alice Pung

Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse

Fly Girl Sherri L. Smith

A la carte by Tanita Davis (Knopf, 2008)

Fast talk on a slow road Rita Williams-Garcia

Soul Enchilada by David MacInnis Gill (Harper Teen, April 09)

What Goes Around (Hotlanta) by Denene Miller Mitzi Miller (Point, April 09)

Chasing Romeo (Kimani Tru) by A.J. Byrd (Harlequin, April 09)

Flipping the Script (Del Rio Bay) by Paula Chase (Dafina, March, 09)

Skunk Girl by Sheba Karim (March, 09)

A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott (2008 )

If I was your girl by Ni Ni Simone (2008 )

Kayla Chronicles by Sherri Winston

Little Sister is not my name Sharon Draper

Jumped Rita Williams Garcia

Way We Roll Beta Gamma Pi Stephanie Perry Moore

The lesson by Fred Raymond Rutledge

Trouble in My Way by Michelle Stimpson

Joseph Shelia P. Moses

Guardian Julius Lester

Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story Marilyn Nelson and Tonya C. Hegamin

Amiri & Odette: A Love Story Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

The adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones Helen Hemphill

Dope stick Walter Dean Myers

Big splash Jack Ferraiolo

Dark dude Oscar Hijuelos

Perfect shot by Debbie Rigaud, Simon Pulse, Dec 2009

The wish maker by Ali Sheth; Riverhead; June 2009   REVIEWS: 1

Shadow of the leopard by Henning Mankell; Annick Press 2009   REVIEWS 1 2 3

Retaliation Yasmin Shiraz
Reaching out Francisco Jimenez
Ballad of a ghetto poet A. J. White (Oct, 2003)

Finch goes wild Janet Gingold (Oct, 2007)

WORLD LITERATURE

The bite of mango by Mariatu Kamara

NON-FICTION

Kinky Gazpacho by Lori L. Tharps

Barefoot conquistador:Cabeza de Vaca and the struggle for Native American rights Childress, Diana

Students on strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown and Me Stokes, John

No God but Got: the origins, evolution and future f Islam by Reza Aslan

Naked Truth by Marveleen Brown

American Shaolin Matthew Polly

The Surrender Tree Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

Black Men Built the Capitol  by Jesse Holland

Sentences by Percy Carey

Raising Kanye by Donda West

The 2007-2009 African American Scholarship Guide for & Parents: Presented by Dante Lee

28 Days of Poetry Celebrating Black History by Latorial Faison

Profiles in Black: Phat facts for Teens by Marvin A Mcmickle

Ageless Beauty: The skin care and make up guide for women and teens of color by Alfred Fornay and Yvonne Rose