#WeNeedDiverseBooks because this month, there are FIVE Young Adult books released in the United States Written by authors of color.

In 2013 there were FIVE

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams Garcia; Amistad, 21 May
How I became a ghost by Tim Tingle; Road Runner Press; 28 May
Get over it by Nikki Carter; Dafina Press; 28 May
The savage blue (The vicious deep ) by Zoraida Córdova; Sourcebooks Fire, May
Death, Dickinson and the Demented life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres-Sanchez; Running Press Kids; 28 May

In 2012 there were SIX

Border Town#1: Crossing the line by Malin Alegria; Scholastic 1 May
Prom dates to die for by Kelly Parra; Buzz Books; 1 May
37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon; Henry Holt, May 3
Happy families  by Tanita Davis; Knopf Books for Young Readers, 8 May
Download Drama  by Celeste O. Norfleet; Kimani Tru, May 20
Life’s journey-zuya: oral teachings from Rosebud by Albert White Hat Sr.(author) compiled by John Cunningham; University of Utah Press; 31 May

In 2011 there were EIGHT

Tell us we’re home  by Marino Budhos; Atheneum Books, May
We’ll always have summer by Jenny Han; Simon and Schuster, 3 May
How Tia Lola saved the summer by Julia Alvarez; Random House, May
Amigas: A formal affair by Veronica Chambers; Disney, May
New Miss India  by Bharati Mukherjee; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 17 May
If I could fly by Judith Oritz Cofer; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 24 May
The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami; Athenium, 24 May
So, so hood (Drama High) by L. Divine; Dafina, 31  May