Here are some more suggestions for prompt #8: This story is only a short snippet of the character’s day, but the author does a wonderful job of portraying a typical experience for this teen by way of her trip to the post office and the people she interacts with along the way. However, on the day the scholarship application is due, her father is late getting home from work and she must figure out a way to get to the post office on her own. In order to play at the Nationals, she must receive scholarship money to fund her trip. The main character of Night Feet is a young girl in high school who loves playing soccer. Her short story, Night Feet, is fictional, but based on her own experiences as a teen in Brisbane. Instead, I thought I’d share with you one of my favorites written by Ellen van Neerven, an Aboriginal writer and poet from the Yugambeh people of South East Queensland. This held true for Meet Me at the Intersection. Some I may love, others may not be my favorite. I typically find it hard to review an anthology in that each of the pieces tend to be so different. All of them are #ownvoices authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability. This is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays by authors living in Australia. While searching our digital collection on Hoopla, I eventually came upon a relatively new book titled Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim and Ambelin Kwaymullina. So, I went back and did some more research and man was it hard to find a YA book written by an indigenous author from an Oceanic country! I think this just further proves the point that we can still do better when it comes to diversity in publishing, particularly with youth literature. However, when Book Riot came out with their own list for this prompt, they noted that the book should be written by an indigenous author. If you read my Read Harder planning post back in December, you know that I had planned to read a different book for this prompt. Prompt #8: An #ownvoices book set in Oceania
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