It’s Pride Month! This Library of Congress page is a wonderful resource to learn about or add to your knowledge of the history and significance of this June observance. For great children’s and young adult reads, however, the following list of 15 fiction and nonfiction books by Black authors feature stories about secret crushes, love relationships, memoirs, fantasy tales, and more. Go here for additional LGBTQ YA reads for Pride Month.
1. Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
Jodie Patterson | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow | Crown | April 20, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
2. My Rainbow
DeShanna Neal | Trinity Neal | Art Twink | Kokila | October 20, 2020 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
3. I Am Perfectly Designed
Karamo Brown | Jason Brown | Anoosha Syed | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) | PB | November 5, 2019 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
4. Meow or Never: A Wish Novel
Jazz Taylor | Scholastic Inc. | January 5, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
5. Rise to the Sun
Leah Johnson | Scholastic Press | July 6, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
6. This Poison Heart
Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury YA | June 29, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
7. Blackout
Dhonielle Clayton | Tiffany D Jackson | Nic Stone | Angie Thomas | Ashley Woodfolk | Nicola Yoon | HarperCollins | June 22, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
8. Darling
K. Ancrum | Imprint | June 22, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
9. Marvelous
Claire Kann | Swoon Reads | June 8, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
10. Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Akwaeke Emezi | Riverhead Books | June 8, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
11. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Feiwel and Friends | June 1, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
12. The Passing Playbook
Isaac Fitzsimons | Dial Books | June 1, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
13. Meet Cute Diary
Emery Lee | HarperCollins | May 4, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
14. Yesterday Is History
Kosoko Jackson | Sourcebooks Fire | February 2, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
15. The Weight of the Stars
K. Ancrum | Imprint | March 19, 2019 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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