Black Love - Young Adult Fiction

Books from the young adult collection that highlight the spectrum of black love.

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Book cover for "Clap when you land"
Star rating for Clap when you land
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Notes:
MC Rep: Afro-Dominican female, Afro-Dominican American lesbian female; Black wIw LI
Description:
Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people... In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to...
Book cover for "One of the good ones"
Star rating for One of the good ones
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
MC Rep: Black straight female; Black lesbian female; Black (straight?) female
Description:
"When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic. One of the good ones. Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind--why...
Book cover for "Rise to the sun"
Star rating for Rise to the sun
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
MC Rep: Black bisexual female x Black lesbian female
Description:
Three days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival. Toni is reeling in the wake of the loss of her roadie father and desperate to figure out where her life will go from here -- so she's heading back to the festival that taught her to love music in a last ditch effort to rediscover her passion. Olivia is a hopeless romantic whose heart has just taken a beating (again), and is beginning to believe that someone like her may never find "the one"...