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We need diverse books nominated for the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction category of the Cybils!

Diversity isn't a criteria we use to evaluate books for the Cybils Awards, but we do like having diverse books on the shortlists.  This is hard to do, though, when books by diverse authors and books with diverse characters aren't nominated aren't nominated.   Here are a few that are eligible for the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction category (for which I am the team leader).

It is very depressing, how short this list is.  I think this is the slimist year since I've been paying attention for diversity in middle grade sci fi and fantasy.  And this list is not short because lots of diverse books have already been nominated (they haven't-I think we have two so far--The Gauntlet, and Rise of the Jumbies).  So I hope I've  missed lots, because of not knowing every author and not having read every book.  Please put more in the comments, and I'll add them!  And please also nominate them, and lots of other diverse books in all the other categories!  Here's where you go to nominate (by October 15).  Even it they don't end up being shortlisted, it's a way to show the authors you appreciate them, and to give them a bit of publicity.

Books by diverse authors:
Akata Warrior, by Nnedi Okorafor (I haven't read this yet, and it seems to teeter between middle grade 9-12 years old and YA 12 and up.  Akata Witch was definitely middle grade in my mind, so I would like this one to be middle grade too....please share your thoughts if you've read it!)
The Ghosts in the Castle, by Zetta Elliott
Spirit Hunters, by Ellen Oh
The Mesmerist, by Ronald L. Smith
Rebellion of Thieves, by Kekla Magoon
The Crystal Ribbon, by Celeste Lim
Voyage to Avalon (Mice of the Round Table, #2) by Julie Leung,

Books with diverse characters who are central to the story:
A Crack in the Sea, by H.M. Bouwman
Ghosts of Greenglass House, by Kate Milford
Journey Across the Hidden Islands, by Sarah Beth Durst
A Properly Unhaunted Place, by William Alexander
The Curse of the Chocolate Phoenix, by Kate Saunders
One Way or Another, by Annette Laing

Here's a longer list of books I made that not yet nominated; perhaps some of these are also diverse (?)

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