I’m back with it! Here are the new releases for teens and tweens by BIPOC authors. It seems like a small list, so please feel free to add titles in the comments.

JANUARY

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Carlotta’s Special Dress by Carlotta Walls Lanier. LBYR
The Claiming (The Last Resort #2) by Jasmine Warga. Scholastic Press
Ms. Marvel: Remnants of the Past by Saadia Faruqi. Random House/Marvel
Thick as Thieves: A Graphic Novel by Dan Santat. Graphix
A Sea Monster Conundrum (The Misfits) by Lisa Yee; illustrated by Dan Santat.  Random House
The Swan’s Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story by Roshani Chokshi. Wednesday Books
V. Malar: Greatest Ranger of All Time by Suma Subramaniam; illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan. Candlewick

13

Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game by Kadir Nelson. LBYR
Hattie Begins Again by Sharon G. Flake. Knopf
Nadia Islam, on the Record by Adiba Jaigirdar. Harper Collins
Oxford Blood by Rachael Davis-Featherstone. Wednesday Books
Wallflower by Iasmin Omar Ata. Viking
A Year Without Home by V. T. Bidania. Nancy Paulsen Books

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Destiny of the Diamond Princess by Sherri Winston. Bloomsbury
I Don’t Wish You Well by Jumata Emill. Delacorte Press
Fros, Fades, and Braids: A Brief History of Black Hair in America by Sean Qualls. HarperCollins
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Readers) by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Bright Matter Books
Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems by Langston Hughes; illustrated by various artists. HarperCollins

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The Beasts of Winter by J. C. Cerantes. Harper Collins/Storytide
Enter the Wigmaster by Raúl the Third. Little, Brown Ink
Eureka by Victoria Chang. FSG
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass. HarperCollins
Just Between Us by Adeline Kon. Dial DEBUT
Run Home: A Graphic Memoir by Alyssa Bermudez. Roaring Brook Press
The Star of Moon Village by Jennifer Ann Richter. Holiday House
Sundown Girls by L.S. Stratton. Nancy Paulsen Books