Friday Fill-Ins: Diversity in YA Lit
In today’s Friday Reflection, Christie G joins our ongoing discussion on diversity by sharing insights from her Latino teens. Though Christie and I serve communities that are very diverse, we both still find it hard to find ya literature that represents this diversity in both the characters in the books and on the covers. For today’s Friday Fill-Ins, we’re asking you to share titles that you think handle diversity well. You know the drill, fill in the blanks in the comments.
A title that handles diversity well is ________________________________ by ___________________.
Filed under: Uncategorized
About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
SLJ Blog Network
100 Scope Notes
Name That LEGO Book Cover! (#53)
A Fuse #8 Production
Cover Reveal and Q&A: The One and Only Googoosh with Azadeh Westergaard
Good Comics for Kids
Exclusive: Vol. 2 of The Weirn Books Is Coming in October | News
Politics in Practice
Fighting Public School Book Bans with the Civil Rights Act
ADVERTISEMENT
Teen Librarian's Toolbox, Karen says
The MG title CAPTURE THE FLAG by Kate Messner has a diverse collection of main characters.