Thursday, December 19, 2013

Seeking Wonderful Young Adult Novels That Deal With Race : Code Switch : NPR

Seeking Wonderful Young Adult Novels That Deal With Race : Code Switch : NPR: At Code Switch, we receive a whole bunch of emails and messages from readers and listeners. And many times, folks ask questions that get us buzzing during our editorial discussions.

One Code Switch reader sent us a note seeking book recommendations for a multiracial teen. The emailer described the teen as not very "bookish" but still a good reader.

What books do you recommend that feature race in a way that a teen would find compelling? Nothing preachy or earnest or heavy. Shout us out in the comments, or holler at us on Twitter at @NPRCodeSwitchusing #codeswitchbooks.

We turned to NPR's books team and contributors to the Backseat Book Club series for suggestions.