The Twinjas asked on twitter for recommendations of diverse time travel books, and so here one is! I keep a list of time travel books, and a list of multicultural spec fic books, but the two aren't cross referenced, so I went into time travel and pulled out the relevant books. Here's what there's not a lot of--LGBT time travel or time travel of characters with disabilities. I have given my personal favorites stars, and I've given books I think of as "important reads in diverse time travel" double stars. The links go to my reviews.
I am always open to more recommendations, so sent them my way please.
Multicultural (arranged more or less by age of reader)
Bonjour, Lonnie, by Faith Ringgold
The Little Yokozuna, by Wayne Shorey
The Magic Mirror, by Zetta Elliott
*Cleopatra in Space--Target Practice, and The Thief and the Sword by Mike Maihack
The Book that Proves Time Travel Happens, by Henry Clark
Chronal Engine, by Greg Leitich Smith
Abracadabra Tut, by Page McBriar
Turning on a Dime, by Maggie Dana
Bridge of Time, by Lewis Buzbee
Jacob Wonderbar and the Intersellar Time Warp, by Nathan Bransford
Phyllis Wong and the Return of the Conjuror, by Geoffrey McSkimming
*The Wells Bequest, by Polly Shulman
Dragon Magic, by Andre Norton
Lavender-Green Magic, by Andre Norton
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time, by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Freedom Stone, by Jeffrey Kluger
Facing Fire, by kc dyer
Roberto and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure, by Dan Gutman
Black Powder, by Staton Rabin
The Snipesville Chronicles (three books) by Annette Laing
The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Archer's Quest, by Linda Sue Park
*The Prince of Fenway Park, by Julianna Baggott
And The Infinity Ring series from Scholastic, by various authors
YA on up
Black Powder, by Staton Rabin
The Girl Who Lept Through Time, by Yasutaka Tsutsui
*The Black Canary, by Jane Louise Curry
Echo, by Alicia Wright Brewster
*The Tomorrow Code, by Brian Falkner
The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman
Transcendence, by C.J. Omololu
Along the River, by Adeline Yen Mah
**Kindred, by Octavia Butler
**A Wish After Midnight, by Zetta Elliott
(With reservations re whether it really counts as diversity as stated in my review) The River of No Return, by Bee Ridgeway
Disability--
Dreamer, Wisher, Liar, by Clarise Mericle Harper
Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble, by D. Robert Pease
Non-Binary Gender--
*Several short stories by Ursula Le Guin, in The Winds Twelve Quarters and Fisherman of an Inland Sea
What a great post, Charlotte! You are such a treasure trove of time travel knowledge!
ReplyDeletethanks. I do like being useful!
DeleteThank you so much for this list! Time Travel is one of my favorite subgenres, so I'm excited to find some diverse titles in it! :D
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Great list, Charlotte! Thanks for including two of my titles. I'm finishing up a time-travel early reader now. Have you ever heard of this title? When an editor rejected A Wish After Midnight, she said it was "unoriginal" and cited this book: http://www.amazon.com/Trapped-between-Lash-Arvella-Whitmore/dp/0141303190/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1435672918&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=African+American+time+travel+for+kids+the+lash
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of that other one, but I have added it to my tbr list! What an annoying comment from the editor..........
DeleteThis is why I love being part of the blogging community! You're so dope for this list! It definitely gives me a leg to stand on in constructing my own list!
ReplyDeleteGlad I could help!
DeleteThanks for this awesome list! My YA time travel fantasy novel, Into The Wise Dark, features characters of color and LGBTQ characters. :)
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