Sri Lankan/Sri Lankan American
Bad Queer
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Tamil Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Lake Life
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Outdoor Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Messy Perfect
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Activism, Allyship, Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Christian, Welcoming by School
My Best Friend’s Bangles
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing
No Purchase Necessary
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian
Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Anthology, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Tall Water: A Graphic Novel
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Activism, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country
Time Lions and the Chrono-Loop
Age 10 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Genre: Science Fiction, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Wearing My Mother’s Heart
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Body Image, Identity: Multiracial, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience