by ROBIN WYLLIE-SCHOLTZ
Contributor
Welcome to Diversify Your Bookshelf, a monthly feature to introduce you to great books written by diverse authors.
Trung Le Nguyen
Nguyen’s first full graphic novel is perfect for anyone looking for a quick, heartwarming read. Tiến, a Vietnamese-American boy, is trying to find the right words to come out to his family. Expertly woven into his story are the fairy tales he reads with his mother, that might help him come to terms with his intersecting identities.
Tracy Deonn
Legendborn is a unique modern adaptation of Arthurian legend combined with Southern Black spirituality. Bree Matthews is in a program for gifted high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill, trying to have a normal life after the passing of her mother. After witnessing a magical incident, her life becomes anything but– she’s brought into the world of the Legendborn, descendants of King Arthur’s knights. In the midst of this chaos, Bree must determine who she can trust and how her family’s past ties into her present.
Edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman
This book is perfect for fans of short story anthologies and/or folklore. A Thousand Beginnings and Endings features 15 different authors from the Asian diaspora telling reimagined versions of East and South Asian folktales and myths. The individual stories range from sci-fi adaptations to traditional retellings, so the collection has something for everyone.
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