Own Voices

TitleAuthorCall NumberDigital Downloads*
Does My Head Look Big in This?
(Muslim-Australian)
Abdel-Fattah, RandaTEEN FICTION ABDEL-FATTAHNot available
With the Fire on High
(Afro-Latinx)
Acevedo, ElizabethTEEN FICTION ACEVEDOHoopla & Overdrive
The Closest I’ve Come
(Latinx)
Aceves, FredTEEN FICTION ACEVESHoopla
Down and Across
(Iranian-American)
Ahmadi, ArvinTEEN FICTION AHMADINot available
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
(Native American)
Alexie, ShermanTEEN PB ALEXIEOverdrive 
Speak
(Rape survivor)
Anderson, Laurie HalseTEEN PB AndersonOverdrive
Six of Crows
(Physical disability)
Bardugo, LeighTEEN PB BARDUGOOverdrive
American Panda
(Taiwanese-American)
Chao, GloriaTEEN FICTION CHAONot available
Tyler Johnson was Here
(African-American)
Coles, JayTEEN FICTION COLESOverdrive
Girl Mans Up
(Gender Identity/LGBTQ)
Girard, M-ETEEN FICTION GIRARDHoopla
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
(Korean-American)
Goo, MaureneTEEN FICTION GOONot available
Turtles All the Way Down
(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Green, JohnTEEN FICTION GREENOverdrive
OCD Love Story
(Anxiety & OCD)
Haydu, Corey AnnTEEN PB HAYDUNot available
Darius the Great is Not Okay
(Depression & Iranian-American)
Khorram, AdibTEEN FICTION KHORRAMNot available
Openly Straight
(LGBTQ)
Konigsberg, BillTEEN FICTION KONIGSBERGHoopla
Boy Meets Boy
(LGBTQ)
Levithan, DavidTEEN PB LEVITHANOverdrive
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
(Muslim-American)
Mafi, TaherehTEEN FICTION MAFIHoopla & Overdrive
When Dimple Met Rishi
(Indian-American)
Menon, SandhyaTEEN FICTION MENONHoopla
Like a Love Story
LGBTQ/Iranian-American
Nazemian, Abdi TEEN FICTION NAZEMIANHoopla
Who Put This Song On?
(African-American)
Parker, MorganTEEN FICTION PARKERNot available
You Bring the Distant Near
(Indian-American)
Perkins, MitaliTEEN FICTION PERKINSNot available
All American Boys
(African-American)
Reynolds, JasonTEEN FICTION REYNOLDSOverdrive
Patron Saints of Nothing
(Filipino-American)
Ribay, RandyTEEN FICTION RIBAYOverdrive
The Education of Margot Sanchez
(Puerto Rican)
Rivera, LilliamTEEN FICTION RIVERANot available
If I was Your Girl
(Transgender)
Russo, MeredithTEEN FICTION RUSSONot available
Tell Me How You Really Feel
(LGBTQ)
Safi, AminahTEEN FICTION SAFINot available
I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
(Mexican-American)
Sanchez, ErikaTEEN FICTION SANCHEZNot available
This Time Will be Different
(Japanese-American)
Sugiura, MisaTEEN FICTION SUGIURAHoopla
History is All You Left Me
(OCD & LGBTQ)
Silvera, AdamTEEN FICTION SILVERANot available
Dear Martin
(African-American)
Stone, NicTEEN FICTION STONEOverdrive
The Hate U Give
(African-American)
Thomas, AngieTEEN FICTION THOMASOverdrive
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
(Depression)
Vizzini, NedTEEN PB VIZZINIHoopla & Overdrive
American Street
(Immigration)
Zoboi, IbiTEEN FICTION ZOBOIHoopla

*Information and help sheets for Hoopla and Overdrive are available here.

Updated 6/17/2020