LBGT YA novels W/ Characters of Color

I haven't done a list in a while. After reading Nathalie's post about LBGT week (June 25 - July 4th, @ Mutliculturalism Rocks, I decided to list a few YA novel that feature gay and lesbian characters of color.

Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole


Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin


Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee


The Mariposa Club by Rigoberto Gonzalez


M+O 4EVR by Tonya Hegamin


A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar




My Most Excellent Year: by Steve Kluger

Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan


Dramarama by E Lockhart


Fat Hoochie Prom Queen by Nico Medina

Ash by Malinda Lo


The Necessary Hunger by Nina Revoyr


Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz


The God Box by Alex Sanchez


The It Chicks by Tia Williams


Love & Lies: Marisol's Story by Ellen Wittlinger


After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson


No Such Thing as the Real World: by Various Authors

Woodson's "The Company" is abouta Black gay male dancer in New York

Orphea Proud by Sharon Dennis Wyeth


There's good news and bad news with this list. The bad news, its small. The good news, its all quality. I find many of these titles gush worthy. If I started to talk about how much I loved one, I had have to say that about several others.

If you know of any other titles, please leave them in the comment box. I got three titles thanks to Ari's sidebar under the challenge that dare not speak its name

Sunrise Over Fallujah - Walter Dean Myers

Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers

I finished Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers,the tears are still fresh. The book lived up to the hype. The first novel I read by Myers was Crystal. I had recently started working at the bookstore, so I had no idea who he was. I picked Crystal up because there was a black girl on the cover. It's still one of my favorite Myers novels. I am always attached to the first book I read by good author. Without the first book there would be no second or third. Monster was the second.

After reading Monster there was no going back to not knowing who Walter Dean Myers is and what he's capable of. I was reading rave reviews about Sunrise Over Fallujah months ago. I tend to stay away from books set during war time.

This time though how could I not face my fear and read the words when so many people are still fighting a war that doesn't seem to want to end. To pass on a novel set during the Iraq war because its too sad or real just seems wrong. There are a lot of excellent reviews of Sunrise Over Fallujah online including one by Publishers Weekly. I love that Myers recognizes women serve in the military. I wonder what happened to Yossarian?