Books with Coming of Age - I'm Your Neighbor Books

A Bit of Earth

by Karuna Riazi

Age 08 or older

Community: Pakistani/Pakistani American

A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak

by Laura Taylor Namey

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

by Laura Taylor Namey

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

A First Time for Everything

by Dan Santat

Age 10 or older

Community: Thai/Thai American

by Authors: Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete

Age 12 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American, Burundian/Burundian American, Cameroonian/Cameroonian American, Congolese/Congolese American, Egyptian/Egyptian American, Haitian/Haitian American, Indian/Indian American, Iraqi/Iraqi American, Jordanian/Jordanian American, Kenyan/Kenyan American, Rwandan/Rwandan American, Salvadoran/Salvadoran American, Saudi Arabian/Saudi American, Somali/Somali American, South Sudanese/South Sudanese American, Sudanese/Sudanese American, Syrian/Syrian American, Tanzanian/Tanzanian American, Ugandan/Ugandan American, Various

A Spoonful of Time

by Flora Ahn

Age 08 or older

Community: Korean/Korean American

Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1)

by Nnedi Okorafor

Age 12 or older

Community: Nigerian/Nigerian American

Alas salvajes (Wings in the Wild)

by Margarita Engle

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

All the Yellow Suns

by Malavika Kannan

Age 14 or older

Community: Indian/Indian American

An Appetite for Miracles

by Laekan Zea Kemp

Age 14 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

Ander & Santi Were Here

by Jonny Garza Villa

Age 14 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American

Astur Unveiled

by Lerman Abdoulkader Waiss

Age 12 or older

Community: Djiboutian/Djiboutian American

Azar on Fire

by Olivia Abtahi

Age 12 or older

Community: Iranian/Iranian American

Behind the Mountains

by Edwidge Danticat

Age 08 or older

Community: Haitian/Haitian American

Boomi’s Boombox

by Shanthi Sekaran

Age 08 or older

Community: Indian/Indian American

Born Confused

by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Age 14 or older

Community: Indian/Indian American

Boys I Know

by Anna Gracia

Age 14 or older

Community: Taiwanese/Taiwanese American

Boys of the Beast

by Monica Zepeda

Age 14 or older

Community: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

Break This House

by Candice Iloh

Age 12 or older

Community: Nigerian/Nigerian American

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

by Natalia Sylvester

Age 13 or older

Community: Mexican/Mexican American, Peruvian/Peruvian American

Brown Boy Nowhere

by Sheeryl Lim

Age 14 or older

Community: Filipino/Filipino American

Buenos espiritus

by Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Age 12 or older

Community: Dominican/Dominican American

Burn Down, Rise Up

by Vincent Tirado

Age 14 or older

Community: Dominican/Dominican American, Various (Hispanic/Latinx/Latine)

Calling the Moon: 16 Period Stories from BIPOC Authors

by Aida Salazar (Editor)

Age 10 or older

Community: Argentinian/Argentinian American, Filipino/Filipino American, Haitian/Haitian American, Indian/Indian American, Mexican/Mexican American, Pakistani/Pakistani American, Thai/Thai American, Various