Independent Reading Suggested Books for Longing to Belong: Poems, Essays, and Short Stories
Anthologies
- Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood by Kwame Mbalia (Editor)
- Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States by Lori Marie Carlson (Editor)
- First French Kiss: and Other Traumas by Adam Bagdasarian
- Fresh Ink: An Anthology by
- Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices by S. K. Ali, Aisha Saeed, Sara Alfageeh
- Take the Mic by Bethany C. Morrow
- The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez (880L)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (810L)
- Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard (630L)
- Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (750L)
- Frizzy (Graphic Novel) by Claribel A. Ortega
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams (750L)
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- Jayla Jumps In by Joy Jones
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (320L)
- Others Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
- Swim Team: A Graphic Novel by Johnnie Christmas
- The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch
- Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio (790L)
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- All Thirteen by Christina Soontornva
- Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha
- Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz (640L)
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Justine Eisinger (680L)
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