VaughanPL: Teens: Fiction with Female BIPOC ProtagonistsLike this list

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• Tokyo Ever After

  Jean, Emiko

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  This book is a mix of Princess Diaries and Crazy Rich Asians. Using the nostalgic rags-to-riches trope, you learn with the main character, Izumi, about her Japanese culture and the struggles of being a person with multiple backgrounds/ethnicities.

• You Should See Me in a Crown

  Johnson, Leah

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  Getting to university without a scholarship? Not happening. When she fails to get the music scholarship she has been waiting for, Liz Lighty has to step out of her comfort zone and run for prom queen as a last resort.

• The Gilded Ones

  Forna, Namina,

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  All her life, Deka has wanted to be accepted and the blood ceremony is her chance. When the village is attacked and she is deemed impure, Deka learns that she does not have to accept her fate.

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  Once, there was magic. As soon as magic disappeared, the king ordered all maji to be slain. Zélie Adebola has one chance to save her people by bringing magic back.

• Cinderella Is Dead

  Bayron, Kalynn

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  Playing with the nostalgic Cinderella fairytale, the story follows Sophia as she seeks to escape the annual matchmaking ball without dying and marry her true love, Erin.

• Once Upon a Quinceañera

  Gomez-Hira, Monica

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  Is standing up to your harassing mentor when you have one credit left to graduate a good idea? Carmen Aguilar does it anyway and ends up with a summer internship performing as Belle where she discovers she will be performing at her cousin's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Smoke

  a Novel

  Jackson, Tiffany D.

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  Marigold moves from California to Cedarville with her mother to get a fresh start. With her stepsister, Piper, being a brat and suspicious paranormal activity in the house, Marigold struggles to turn away from weed as a solution.

• A Universe of Wishes

  a We Need Diverse Books Fantasy Anthology

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  15 short stories by BIPOC authors.

• The Belles

  Clayton, Dhonielle,

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  Is beauty truly power? Camellia Beauregard not only wants to be a Belle who controls beauty, she also wants to be the Queen of Orléans' favourite.

• Within These Wicked Walls

  a Novel

  Blackwood, Lauren,

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  An Ethiopian-inspired retelling of Jane Eyre, the story follows Andromeda, an apprentice debtera. When her mentor kicks her out before she can complete her apprenticeship, she has to take any job she can get to have her abilities vouched for.

• The Hollow Heart

  Rutkowski, Marie

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  The second book in the Forgotten Gods series, Nirrim offers herself to the God of Thieves to have her people's memory of their history returned. When these memories are returned, rumours spread that these memories are falsely implanted by the queen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Walking in Two Worlds

  Kinew, Wab, 1981-

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  This text has two protagonists. Bugz is caught between two worlds. In the real world, she's a shy and self-conscious Indigenous teen who faces the stresses of teenage angst and life on the Rez. But in the virtual world, her alter ego is not just…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay,

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  When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Off Planet

  Erin, Aileen,

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  Maité Martinez is the daughter of an Earther Latina and a powerful Aunare man, an alien race that SpaceTech sees as a threat to their dominion. When tensions turn violent, Maité finds herself trapped on Earth and forced into hiding.

• One of the Good Ones

  Moulite, Maika

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  When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Tell You the Truth

  Kaur, Jasmin

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  Kiran is a young Punjabi Sikh woman who becomes pregnant after being sexually assaulted by her fiancé’s brother. When her fiancé and family don’t believe her, she flees her home in India to Canada, where she plans to raise the child as a single…Read moreRead more of this annotation