From My TBR: 15 Young Adult and Middle Grade Books By Black Authors

There are so many amazing Black creators out there, who don’t always get the recognition they deserve — these are just a few who made it onto my To Be Read list

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(Warning: this post references racism and police brutality)

There are three important reasons for me writing this post:

1. Black Lives still Matter.

2. It’s always a good time to highlight diverse books.

and 3. There are so many amazing Black creators out there, who don’t always get the recognition they deserve.

So here’s a small selection of some of the Young Adult (YA) and Middle Grade (MG) books on my TBR list that were written by Black authors.

For those of you who don’t know the book-blog lingo — a TBR is a ‘to-be-read’ list. Mine is immortal and cannot be stopped. Send help.

For those of you who are British like me, and/or haven’t heard the book blogging term, Middle Grade books are those aimed at (roughly) ages 8–12, or 8–14, depending who you ask.

(Quick disclaimer: obviously, I haven’t read these books, just their synopses, so I…