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    23 Phenomenal Young Adult Books By Black Authors From The First Half Of 2020

    We're almost halfway through 2020, and one of the good things that has come from it are these YA books.

    1. A Love Hate Thing by Whitney D. Grandison

    2. Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

    3. Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott

    4. Saving Savannah by Tonya Bolden

    5. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

    6. Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

    7. Fights: One Boy's Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill

    8. Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

    9. Conquest by Celeste Harte

    10. The Blossom and the Firefly by Sherri L. Smith

    11. The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

    12. When You Were Everything by Ashley Woodfolk

    13. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

    15. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

    16. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

    17. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

    18. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

    19. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

    20. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow

    21. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

    22. This Is What I Know About Art by Kimberly Drew

    23. All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani