VaughanPL: Teens: Fiction with Male BIPOC ProtagonistsLike this list

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• The Taking of Jake Livingston

  Douglass, Ryan

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  This text tells the story of Jack and Sawyer, two gay males, struggling to understand how their sexuality fits into their sense of self through alternating chapters.

• Concrete Rose

  Thomas, Angie

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  The prequel to Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, the story follows Maverick Carter as a 17 year old as he strives to understand what it means to be a man.

• Super Fake Love Song

  Yoon, David

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  When Sunny Dae, self-proclaimed total nerd, meets Cirrus Soh, he can’t believe how cool and confident she is. Before he knows it, Sunny is knee-deep in the lie - telling her he’s the front man of a rock band. He ropes his best friends into his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meet Cute Diary

  Lee, Emery

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  Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There’s just one problem—all the stories are fake. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Universe of Wishes

  a We Need Diverse Books Fantasy Anthology

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  15 short stories by BIPOC authors.

• Yesterday Is History

  Jackson, Kosoko,

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  Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant. He's ready for his life to finally begin, until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected...in 1969. Andre has to figure out where he belongs—and more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Felix Ever After

  Callender, Kacen

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  Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No Longer Human

  Itō, Junji, 1963-

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  Adapted from the novel, No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai, this text tells the story of Yozo Oba and his struggles to connect with the other people in his life.

• The Refugees

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Flamingo

  Atta, Dean

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  A boy comes to terms with his identity as a mixed-race gay teen - then at university he finds his wings as a drag artist, The Black Flamingo.

• The New David Espinoza

  Aceves, Fred

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  David Espinoza is tired of being messed with. When a video of him getting knocked down by a bully’s slap goes viral at the end of junior year, David vows to use the summer to bulk up— do what it takes to become a man—and wow everyone when school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Want

  Pon, Cindy, 1973-

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  Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits that protect them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Food Wars! 1, Endless Wilderness

  Shokugeki No Soma

  Tsukuda, Yuto, 1989-

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  First of 36 volumes, this text follows the journey of Yukihira Soma as he develops his cooking skills at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute to defeat his father and the God Tongue, Erina Nakiri.

• On the Hook

  Stork, Francisco X.

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  Hector has always minded his own business, working hard to make his way to a better life someday. He's the chess team champion, helps the family with his job at the grocery, and teaches his little sister to shoot hoops overhand. But when a fight…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are North America's Indigenous people, and it is their marrow that holds…Read moreRead more of this annotation