My Booklist from 2019-2021: A Pandemic Survival Kit
Hello Everyone!
In the past 21 months, the pandemic has done great damage to our planet. When I look back, I remember every week there would be delivery on our doorstep. Whenever I opened the box, there would be a book or two. After I finished reading, I would post my reviews on this website. Many people started liking them, so I continued. And now it’s a part of my weekly routine. Looking back to 2019-2021, I remember the headlines on TV about racial injustice, insurrection, the Covid pandemic, famous people dying, and issues of refugees. Despite all the negativity, I found reading and blogging my reviews comforting. At the end of the year, I will discuss my writing journey and reflect on how it changed me. But today, I will be sharing my diverse book lists written by 70 authors. If you had read my previous book reviews, most of these books may sound familiar. If you are interested in a book from this list, please check out my reviews. My previous blogs have a nice summary of each book.
Here is the list of books for middle-grade readers.
- Hena Khan
- Kelly Yang
- Veera Hiranandani
- Aisha Saeed
- Reem Farqui
- Saadia Farqui
- Jasmine Warga
- JK Rowling
- Supriya Kelkar
- Onjali Q Rauf
- Rajani Larocca
- Barbara O’Connor
- Erin Entrada Kelly
- Lisa Moore Ramee
- Sharon M Draper
- Padma Venkatraman
- Mitali Perkins
- Lynda Mulally Hunt
- Aida Salazaar
- Pablo Cartaya
- Erin Soderberg
- RJ Palacio
- Ann M Martin
- Linda Sue Park
- Karen Hesse
- Harper Lee
- Pam Munoz Ryan
- Rita Williams Garcia
- Cynthia Kadohata
- Meg Medina
- Ann Braden
- Leslie Connor
The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle
- Cassie Beasley
- Gennifer Chodlenko
- Ellen Oh
- Erika L Sanchez
I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
- Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed
- Nidhi Chanani
- Jen Wang
- John David Anderson
- Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks
- Judy Blume
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
- Jasbinder Bilan
Tamarind and the Star of Ishta
- Laurie Halse Anderson
- Varian Johnson
- Jason Reynolds
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Thanhha Lai
- Christina Soontornvat
- Sayantani Dasgupta
- Lisa Fipps
- Tae Keller
- Rachel Lippincott
- Jerry Craft
- Ruth Behr
- Megan E. Freeman
Alone
- Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Alan Gratz
- M. Evan Wolkenstein
- George Takei
- Firoozeh Dumas
- Taryn Souders
- Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Scott Westerfield
- Kwame Mbalia
- Wendelin Van Draanen
- Celia Perez
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Samira Ahmed
- Georgia Ball, Lauren Tarshis
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