This year I’m participating in the Diversity Reading Challenge hosted by Pam at an Unconventional Librarian.  It’s a really great way to help me make sure my reading is well-rounded!  Here’s what I’ve read so far this year:

1. Written by or about a person of Hispanic origin:
   

   

   

   

• Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older
• Stella Díaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez
• A Dash of Trouble. Love Sugar Magic #1 by Anna Meriano
• The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya

2. A book in which a character suffers from a mental illness:

• Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham (anxiety disorder)

3. A book written by or about someone on the spectrum:
   

   

• All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater, narrated by Thom Rivera
• Watchdog by Will McIntosh

4. A book with an African-American young woman as the main character:
   

   

• Sky Full of Stars by Linda Williams Jackson
• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

5. A book containing an Asian main character
   

   

• Jasmine Toguchi: Super Sleuth by Debbi Michiko Florence
• Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick

6. A book with an illustrator of color

• Crown: an Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

7. A book with an LGBT main character
   

   

• Spinning by Tillie Walden
• The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee, read by Christian Coulson

8. A graphic novel
   

   

   

• Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham
• Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
• The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

9. A book with a Muslim main character
10. A book written by or for African-American young men

• Crown: an Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
• Juba! by Walter Dean Myers (ok, I just started this today.)

11. A book in which the author or narrator has a physical disability
12. A book about children during the Holocaust.

• The Dollmaker of Krakow by M. Romero

I’ve just put the latest Schneider Family Award winners on hold, so I’ll get the disability voice covered, and I can check out Amina’s Voice, which I’ve been wanting to read for a while now, for the Muslim narrator.  But the real challenge for me this year seems to be writing reviews!