National Caribbean-American Heritage Month is here! Enjoy the wonderful selections listed, great for this month, summer reading, or anytime during the year. Check out Shakirah Bourne, Liselle Sambury, Sarah Dass, and Desmond Hall’s features in our Debut You 2021 Author Series. Their stories represent only some of the diverse Black authors and cultures throughout the Caribbean. In her “Debut You” Bourne says “I know Caribbean and Black readers will be delighted to see themselves and their culture reflected in…[Josephine Against the Sea] and be excited to see these characters just being adventurous, mischievous, and having fun.” Josephine Against the Sea will be released on July 6th.
See 25 Books for National Caribbean-American Heritage Month for many more book selections.
1. Looking for a Jumbie
Tracey Baptiste | Amber Ren | Balzer + Bray | September 21, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
2. If Dominican Were a Color
Sili Recio | Brianna McCarthy | Denene Millner Books/S & S BYR | September 22, 2020 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
3. To Carnival!: A Celebration in St Lucia
Baptiste Paul | Jana Glatt | Barefoot Books | April 1, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
4. A Day with the Panye
Tami Charles | Sara Palacios | Candlewick | March 16, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
5. Josephine Against the Sea
Shakirah Bourne | Scholastic Inc. | July 6, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
6. Doesn’t Take a Genius
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | Six Foot Press | April 13, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
7. The Year I Flew Away
Marie Arnold | Versify | February 2, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
8. When Life Gives You Mangos
Kereen Getten | Delacorte | October 20, 2020 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
9. Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic #1)
Liselle Sambury | Margaret K. McElderry | June 15, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
10. Simone Breaks All the Rules (Simone Breaks All the Rules #1)
Debbie Rigaud | Scholastic | June 1, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
11. Where the Rhythm Takes You
Sarah Dass | Balzer + Bray | May 11, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
12. Hurricane Summer
Asha Bromfield | Wednesday Books | May 4, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
13. Your Corner Dark
Desmond Hall | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy | January 19, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
14. Facing the Sun
Janice Lynn Mather | Simon & Schuster | August 11, 2020 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
15. Home Home
Lisa Allen-Agostini | Delacorte Press | May 26, 2020 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
16. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo | Quill Tree Books | May 5, 2020 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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