Top Ten Tuesday: Ten amazing books that celebrate diversity

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c.j.'s selections                         ten ten ten
one		More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera  This adorable-yet-heartwrenching story is about a gay teen discovering--and ultimately trying to escape--his sexuality.  It's about what happens when people feel that they can't be themselves.
two		What We Left Behind by Robin Talley  This one isn't out yet, but it features two teen girls whose loving relationship cracks as they struggle through college, new loves, and discovering their gender identities.  Gender fluidity for the win!
three		Court of Fives by Kate Elliott  This stellar fantasy features a badass female athlete who is biracial in a world defined by ethnic purism, a world that can be deadly to people who fit outside of its lines.
four		Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves  This hidden gem is a deliciously sadistic account of two sisters linked not only by their serial killer father, but also by their new-found blood-lust.  Aimed only at people who deserve it, of course.
five		The Walled City by Ryan Graudin  This gritty book is set in a walled city based off a real place that once stood in Hong Kong.  Three teens--an unwilling prostitute, a street kid, and a rich boy fallen from grace--fight for their lives in the dangerous, drug-infested streets.
six		The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke  Ananna wants to be a pirate captain, not some ally's bride.  Her narrow escape entwines her fate with Naji, an assassin who hides secrets darker than the bodies he's left behind.
seven		Quicksilver by R.J. Anderson  Tori might be asexual.  She also might be an alien.  One thing's for sure: if she doesn't use her mechanical smarts and keep her wits about her, she could wind up in the test lab of an unscrupulous research facility with a dangerous agenda.
eight		Sketchy by Olivia Samms  Bea is an artist, but she doesn't just draw what she sees.  She also draws the past and the future.  This fantasy murder mystery is slated to be a CW series!
nine		The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco  Based on a real Japanese legend, this horror novel follows a living boy and a dead girl on a quest for vengeance.
ten		The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie  A teen boy with dreams of a career in cartoons leaves the safety of the reservation to attend an all-white school.  Alexie weaves his own childhood experiences into this growing-up story.