The resources listed below (in alphabetical order by GENRE) are each linked to their individual resource template that you can reference when looking for diverse resources. Please review the TVDSB documents (TVDSB Guidelines on the Non-Use of Racial and Other Slurs and Epithets and TVDSB Decision-Making Tool for Resource Selection) on the previous section as you make decisions that are responsive to and reflective of your students.
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
A Perfect Likeness by Richard Wagamese
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard
Hello Groin by Beth Goobie
Hero by Perry Moore
Him Standing by Richard Wagamese
I am J by Cris Beam
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Keeper 'N Me by Richard Wagamese
Killer of Enemies by Joseph Bruchac
Legend by Marie Lu
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Luna by Julie Anne Peters
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
Miles Morales Spiderman by Jason Reynolds
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Munro vs the Coyote by Walter Dean Myers
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Picture us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemar
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
Slam by Walter Dean Myers
So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Barren Grounds by David Robertson
The Break by Katherena Vermette
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillipe
The Great Bear by David Robertson
The Hoopster by Alan Lawrence Sitomer
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
The Secret Keeper of Jaiput by Alka Joshi
The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake
There, There by Tommy Orange
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds
What Happened to Lani Garver by Carol Plum-ucci
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by
Gord Hill
This Place: 150 Years Retold by Alicia Elliott, et al.
Dreaming in Indian Edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
#NotYourPrincess Edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale
21 Things you May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr Al Rebeeah and Winnie Yeung
Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel
Me Funny by Drew Hayden Taylor
Me Sexy by Drew Hayden Taylor
One Native Life by Richard Wagamese
Peace Pipe Dreams by Darrell Dennis
Saga Boy by Antonio Michael Downing
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
Stamped by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X Kendi
The Letter Q edited by Sarah Moon
The Secret of Your Name
Kiimooch ka shinikaskooven
David Bouchard
they said this would be fun by Eternity Martis
Unsettling Canada A National Wake-Up Call
Arthur Manuel & Grand Chief Ronald M Derrickson
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shephard
Fresh Ink edited by Lamar
Flying Lessons and Other Stories Ed. by Ellen Oh
Mennonites Don't Dance by Darcie Friesen Hossack
Moccasin Square Gardens by Richard Van Camp
Raymond’s Run by Tony Cade Bambera
Reckonings - Contemporary Short Fiction by Native American Women Edited by Hertha D Sweet Wong, Lauren Stuart Muller & Jana Sequoya Magdalena
Sweet, Difficult Sounds by I.M. Desta