|
|
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) |
| Line 4: |
Line 4: |
| | | |
|
| |
|
| ==YA Books Featuring Heroines of Color== | | ==See == |
| 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.
| | * [[List of YA SF featuring heroines of color]] |
|
| |
|
| * Judith Berman, [[BEAR DAUGHTER]]
| |
| * Joseph Bruchac, [[SKELETON MAN]]
| |
| * [[Jane Louise Curry]], [[THE BLACK CANARY]]
| |
| * Michael Dorris, [[MORNING GIRL]]
| |
| * [[Louise Erdrich]], [[THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE]]
| |
| * [[Nancy Farmer]], [[A GIRL NAMED DISASTER]] and [[THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM]] and [[HOUSE OF THE SCORPION]]
| |
| * [[Hiromi Goto]], [[HALF WORLD]] (out fall/winter 2007)
| |
| * [[Virginia Hamilton]], [[JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS]]
| |
| * [[Ursula K. LeGuin]], Earthsea trilogy, [[GIFTS]], [[VOICES]], and [[POWERS]] [fall 2007]
| |
| * Walter Mosley, 47 (Won the [[Parallax Award]], 2006)
| |
| * [[Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]], [[ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER]] (Shortlist, Parallax, 2006) and [[THE SHADOW SPEAKER]] (upcoming)
| |
| * [[Cynthia Leitich Smith]], [[RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME]] (non-fantasy, but highly recommended)
| |
| * [[Louise Spiegler]], [[AMETHYST ROAD]] [AU gypsies]
| |
| * [[Joyce Sweeney]], [[WAITING FOR JUNE]]
| |
| * [[Yoshiko Uchida]], [[A JAR OF DREAMS]] and [[THE BEST BAD THING]]
| |
| * [[Carole Wilkinson]], [[DRAGON KEEPER]]
| |
| * [[Susan Vaught]], [[STORMWITCH]] ([[Kindred Award]] 2006)
| |
| * Paul Yee, [[THE BONE COLLECTOR'S SON]]
| |
| * Laurence Yep, [[TIGER'S APPRENTICE]], many others
| |
|
| |
|
| Also:
| |
|
| |
| [[Sharyn November]] also replied with some author names, but I haven't looked into them yet:
| |
| * [[Rita Williams-Garcia]]
| |
| * [[an na]]
| |
| * [[joan abelove]]
| |
| * walter dean myers (who has also done some genre)
| |
|
| |
| The LJ post is here:
| |
| http://oracne.livejournal.com/885281.html
| |
| [[category:Young adult]] | | [[category:Young adult]] |
| | [[Category:Genres]] |