Stories with a cultural perspective: Around the world (NCEA guide) - Christchurch City LibrariesLike this list

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• See also: ChristchurchTeens Race Relations list

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  Another booklist by ChristchurchTeens. Some new and old young adult fiction addressing or involving social and racial conflict.

• Freedom Ride

  Lawson, Sue

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  Set in 1965 in Walgaree, Australia, a town thick with racial tension against the Aboriginal people. The racism and segregation in the town has never really affected Robbie till someone helps him open his eyes to it, then he must decide if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darius & Twig

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  Walter Dean Myers has written heaps of books addressing race in America. Darius is a writer, Twig is a runner, but the obsticles of living in Harlem throw them together in this novel about friendship and living your own dreams. Check out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life. (Graphic novel, highly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mao's Last Dancer

  Li, Cunxin, 1961-

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  Nonfiction. At the age of 10, Li Cunzin was chosen to train as a ballet dancer at Madam Mao's Peking Dance Academy. His selection was based purely on his physique and the fact that he came from a family that had been peasants for three…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Kill a Mockingbird

  Lee, Harper, 1926-2016

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  An explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape.

• Chinese Cinderella

  Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-

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  The true story of a Chinese woman and how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family as a child growing up in China and Hong Kong. She tells of the consequences in her adult life, above which she rose to make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Does My Head Look Big in This?

  Abdel-Fattah, Randa, 1979-

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  Australian Amal is smart, funny, outspoken, a good student, and a loyal friend. She is also a devout Muslim who decides to wear the hijab, or head covering, full-time. The story tells of her emotional and spiritual journey as she copes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Looking for Alibrandi

  Marchetta, Melina, 1965-

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  Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, illegitimate and in her final year at a wealthy Catholic school. Over the course of one year her father comes into her life, she falls in love, and discovers her family's secret.

• Deadly Unna?

  Gwynne, Phillip, 1958-

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  Set in South Australia, this is a book about a football team that brings two communities together, and two different boys who confront the racism that exists all around them.

• Noughts & Crosses

  Blackman, Malorie, 1962-

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  Blackman tackles the issues of racism and prejudice in a world set in an alternate historical reality. You can read our interview with Malorie Blackman here: http://bit.ly/ih0vmF