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Books with Black characters for DD12

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Queenie04 · 07/01/2017 18:26

Hello really running out out of ideas for books with Black characters. My daughter is an avid reader reads anything. But representation matters to her and she lights up when there is a book with Black characters. Any ideas will be much appreciated Smile

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SavoyCabbage · 07/01/2017 18:52

I think there is a list on the Mighty Girl website.

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Queenie04 · 07/01/2017 18:51

Foldedtshirt thank you that looks great

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Queenie04 · 07/01/2017 18:50

Great this is fab, yes she has read all the Malorie Blackman other than the new older fiction books. Including Boys Don't Cry

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Porpoises · 07/01/2017 18:48

Ursula le guin's Earthsea is a fantasy series where most of the main characters are olive or dark skinned. Set in another world though so not culturally Black.

Foldedtshirt · 07/01/2017 18:43

Ooh look what I found when googling Black Girls in Books!
Schoolgirl project to find a 1000 books with black girls

Foldedtshirt · 07/01/2017 18:38

'The Girl with all the Gifts' has a strong black woman in it- not the protagonist though and it's very scary!

NiceCuppaTeaAndASitDown · 07/01/2017 18:35

Has she read the Naughts and Crosses series? It's recommended for those 12 and over but you might want to consider them now. I loved them at her age.

Also:
Full Cicada Moon
Scarlett Undercover
Shadowshaper
The Chaos

RandomDent · 07/01/2017 18:34

I think Mouse in the Ruby Redfort series is black, sorry only going off memory here.

KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 07/01/2017 18:32

The Friends by Rosa Guy.

It's kind of epic.

SeaweedSa1ad · 07/01/2017 18:30

I have a lovely Cynthia Voight book called Come A Stranger which I loved as a teen. It's quite old though, I don't know how easy it would be to get a copy. In fact, I loved the whole Tillerman set of books.

OutDamnedWind · 07/01/2017 18:28

Have a look at Letterbox Library, they've been great for us in the past for finding more diverse titles (both explicit and casually diverse, if that makes sense!)

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