Susan’s 2021 TeenTober Book List

Slay by Brittney Morris

Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Elatsoe by Darcy Little Badger

The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

Drawing the Vote: An Illustrated to Guide to Voting in America by Tommy Jenkins

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza

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