Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week’s topic revolves around hidden gems or underrated books in any genre.
I selected ten underrated fictional works by African-American authors, classics and modern. To learn about perspectives, we must give time to the marginalized as their stories offer fresh air to an often stagnated industry that ignores them. If you find an asterisk (∗) next to the book, I added it to my TBR and anxiously await reading the tale.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham ∗
Give these books a shot as they are well worth your time, energy, and funds. The better and more open our libraries, the better we become as readers.
Happy Reading!
Plum Bun & Passing were required reading for me in college. I’m not familiar with the others though. Will check them out!
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Please do so. I love discovering hidden books since they keep me on my reading toes.
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Great idea for a TTT list! I haven’t heard of most of these. Shame on me. I’m definitely going to add a bunch of them to my TBR list.
My youngest is adopted and bi-racial — I’m always looking for books by and about people of color for her. She gets so excited when she sees girls with brown skin and braids on book covers or in movies/t.v. shows. She’s only 8, so she isn’t reading a ton yet, but I’m always happy to hand her awesome books, especially ones featuring someone who “looks like me”! So, thanks for the recs and if you have more in the children’s/MG area, I’d love to have them.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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You’re welcome!
Let’s see:
1. Full Cicada Moon’s a good book, though it’s MG, but a fifth grader can handle it.
2. Here’s a good list to check out:
http://www.forharriet.com/2013/10/25-empowering-books-for-little-black.html#axzz4rdVcqj6T
3. …and another
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/21-childrens-books-every-black-kid-should-read_us_565f176be4b072e9d1c43b0a
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Thank you!
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I’m not familiar with any of these, but will have to look into them now!
Here is our TTT
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I have lost my mind today and keep posting the wrong link, sorry!
Here is our TTT
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No worries. Thanks!
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