14 must-read fiction books like Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow

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Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

By: Bethany C. Morrow

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday resistance. You might be the kin…

If you liked the fiction plot in Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. Night World, No. 3 (Night World, #7-9)

By: L.J. Smith

3.70

Format: 32 pages,

Includes: Book 7 - Huntress Book 8 - Black Dawn Book 9 - Witchlight Vampires, werewolves, witches, … read more

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2. There Was a Party for Langston

By: Jason Reynolds

4.48

Format: 56 pages, ebook

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's There Was a Party for Langston book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • poetry
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3. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

By: Kit Heyam

4.30

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity   Today’s narratives about trans people … read more

Similar categories in Kit Heyam's Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • lgbt
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"

-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"

-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

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4. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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5. A Snake Falls to Earth

By: Darcie Little Badger

3.95

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still … read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Hey Daysona!"

-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

"And their voices had a keenly musical quality. It wasn't that the animal people barked out literal instrumental notes or sand when they spoke. Rather, their words ignited emotional responses Nina had…"

-Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth

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6. Chaos Theory

By: Nic Stone

4.16

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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7. School Trip (New Kid, #3)

By: Jerry Craft

4.20

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft is back with the newest adventures of Jordan, Drew, L… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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8. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

By: Kwame Alexander

4.32

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."

-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)

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9. Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

By: Bethany C. Morrow

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday resistance. You might be the kin… read more

Similar categories in Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • poetry
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • activism
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10. Three Things I Know Are True

By: Betty Culley

4.08

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more

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  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."

-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True

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11. The Revisioners

By: Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

3.77

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

In 1925, Josephine is the proud owner of a thriving farm. As a child, she channeled otherworldly po… read more

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  • fiction
"He's a black man in this world," Major has scolded me. "You got him used to sweetness when life gon' be tart."

-Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, The Revisioners

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12. Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix (Remixed Classics)

By: C.B. Lee

4.01

Format: 425 pages, Kindle Edition

Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the cl… read more

Similar categories in C.B. Lee's Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix (Remixed Classics) book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
"Oh, she deserves so many good things, and I want to be one of them"

-C.B. Lee, Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix (Remixed Classics)

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13. There's No Way I'd Die First

By: Lisa Springer

3.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Debut author Lisa Springer delivers a spine-tingling contemporary horror that follows a scary-movie… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Springer's There's No Way I'd Die First book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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14. Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances

By: Kwame Alexander

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poet… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • poetry
"I want them to know that banning a book is like banning a hug and THAT is a dismal storm no should be left behind in"

-Kwame Alexander, Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Letters, Recipes, and Remembrances

Cover of Wonder Woman Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson

15. Wonder Woman Tempest Tossed

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.94

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Shout) and artist Leila del Duca re… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Wonder Woman Tempest Tossed book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • young adult
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16. At Midnight

By: Dahlia Adler

3.42

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Fairy tales have been spun for thousands of years and remain among our most treasured stories. Weav… read more

Similar categories in Dahlia Adler's At Midnight book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • lgbt
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. Come On In

By: Adi Alsaid

3.94

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration,… read more

Similar categories in Adi Alsaid's Come On In book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • realistic fiction
  • anthologies
  • young adult
  • short stories
  • social justice
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever

By: Eddie Ndopu

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly s… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Ndopu's Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • lgbt
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19. She Persisted: Simone Biles

By: Kekla Magoon

4.31

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger,… read more

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20. When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

By: Shannon Gibney

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Two teens take the stage and find their voice. . . A girl learns about her heritage and begins to f… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Gibney's When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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21. Loveboat Forever (Loveboat, Taipei, #3)

By: Abigail Hing Wen

3.80

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Return to the sparkling world of Loveboat, this time with Pearl Wong, on an entirely new, romantic,… read more

Similar categories in Abigail Hing Wen's Loveboat Forever (Loveboat, Taipei, #3) book and Bethany C. Morrow's Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Jerry Craft

4.20

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4.23

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Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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Claribel A. Ortega

4.48

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4.17

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