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| | Books marketed to people 13-18. YA books are written every genre, including science fiction and fantasy. (Though there is lots more of the latter than of the former) |
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| YA, Young Adult, and children's books could be gathered and listed here. | | YA, Young Adult, and children's books could be gathered and listed here. |
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| Here is a list to start off with, compiled by Victoria McManus. It's a list of YA books with strong female heroines of color.
| | ==See == |
| | | * [[List of YA SF featuring heroines of color]] |
| * Judith Berman, [[BEAR DAUGHTER]]
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| * Joseph Bruchac, [[SKELETON MAN]]
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| * [[Jane Louise Curry]], [[THE BLACK CANARY]]
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| * Michael Dorris, [[MORNING GIRL]]
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| * [[Louise Erdrich]], [[THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE]]
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| * [[Nancy Farmer]], [[A GIRL NAMED DISASTER]] and [[THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM]] and [[HOUSE OF THE SCORPION]]
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| * [[Hiromi Goto]], [[HALF WORLD]] (out fall/winter 2007)
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| * [[Virginia Hamilton]], [[JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS]]
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| * [[Ursula K. LeGuin]], Earthsea trilogy, [[GIFTS]], [[VOICES]], and [[POWERS]] [fall 2007]
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| * Walter Mosley, 47
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| * [[Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]], [[ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER]] and [[THE SHADOW SPEAKER]] [upcoming]
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| * [[Cynthia Leitich Smith]], [[RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME]] (non-fantasy, but highly recommended)
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| * [[Louise Spiegler]], [[AMETHYST ROAD]] [AU gypsies]
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| * [[Joyce Sweeney]], [[WAITING FOR JUNE]]
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| * [[Yoshiko Uchida]], [[A JAR OF DREAMS]] and [[THE BEST BAD THING]]
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| * [[Carole Wilkinson]], [[DRAGON KEEPER]]
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| * [[Susan Vaught]], [[STORMWITCH]]
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| * Paul Yee, [[THE BONE COLLECTOR'S SON]]
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| * Laurence Yep, [[TIGER'S APPRENTICE]], many others
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| [[Sharyn November]] also replied with some author names, but I haven't looked into them yet:
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| * [[Rita Williams-Garcia]]
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| * [[an na]]
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| * [[joan abelove]]
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| * walter dean myers (who has also done some genre)
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| The LJ post is here:
| | [[category:Young adult]] |
| http://oracne.livejournal.com/885281.html
| | [[Category:Genres]] |