racially mixed children

"Kyoto, Japan, 1948. Noriko 'Nori' Kamiza will not question why her mother abandoned her, or her confinement to the attic of her grandparents' imperial estate. And she will not resist the scalding chemical baths she receives daily to lighten her shameful skin. The illegitimate child of a Japanese aristocrat and her African American GI lover, Nori is an outsider from birth. Her grandparents take her in only to conceal her, fearful of a stain on the royal pedigree that they are desperate to uphold in a changing Japan. When chance brings her legitimate older half-brother, Akira, to the estate that is his inheritance and destiny, the siblings form an unlikely but powerful bond--one their formidable grandparents cannot allow and that will irrevocably change the lives they were always meant to lead"--OCLC.

"It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it know he's not welcome. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't-- open, kind, and accepting"--Back cover.

"After meeting the indigenous Martian, Qiqi, Trish Nupindju's life changes forever. Qiqi has taught her to skate on terrain, helping her immensely on her hoverderby (a futuristic roller derby) team. She has also introduced a new way to harvest the moisture essential for life on Mars. But the suits at AREX are watching and they are not pleased. Trish's innovations could cause irreparable damage for everyone in her life-including her team and family!"--Amazon.

"Patrica 'Trish Trash' Nupindju is a talent young hoverderby player on Mars 200 years in the future. Trish wants desperately to go pro becasue it seems like the only way to escpae a future of pverty and hard labor on her family's moisture farm in Candor Chasma. But even if she could make the team she's too young too get a contract and her family is going broke faster than her escape velocity"--Back cover.

Twelve-year-old Quijana is a biracial girl, desperately trying to understand the changes that are going on in her life; her mother rarely gets home before bedtime, her father suddenly seems to be trying to get in touch with his Guatemalan roots (even though he never bothered to teach Quijana Spanish), she is about to start seventh grade in the Texas town where they live and she is worried about fitting in--and Quijana suspects that her parents are keeping secrets, because she is sure there is something wrong with her little brother, Memito, who is becoming increasingly hard to reach.

". . . a story from the point of view of a young interracial child about what color means within the dynamics of race, ethnicity, and culture . . . [that] blends the colors of the world and the color of the people in her life and shares the experience of her culture in a complex multicultural world"--.

"Bouncing in the middle of two cultures, Apple meets her Indian relatives, shatters Indian stereotypes, and learns what it means to find her place in a world divided by color."--Provided by publisher.

Violet questions her father, who is blue, and her mother, who is red, about how she turned out purple.

"Karen thinks she's not proper white. Her dad is Pakistani and her mother is white Christian, and somehow she feels as if she doesn't quite fit in ... anywhere. So she's made a choice: she's switching sides. Karen's going to convert to Islam to find her true identity. But Shamshad, her Hijab-wearing school mate, isn't making things easy for her. What's her deal, anyway? Is Shamshad really any more proper than herself? Trouble and turmoil await in the old textile mill town of Boardhead East, as school battles are replaced by family troubles, name calling turns to physical confrontation and cataclysmic secrets are unveiled"--Amazon.

"Seven-year-old (fifteen in Earth years) Mars girl, Trish Trash, is still excited about her big contract to the roller derby team, but changes are afoot. She has added a new member to the household: Qiqi, an alien she found clinging to life in the untouched part of Mars. Together with her working class aunt and uncle, the family rehabilitates her to health. Meanwhile, life on Mars is getting harder and Qiqi's presence brings a new financial burden. Trish's contract with the rollerderby team is at risk as she needs to help provide for her family. Will Trish respond with her normal move of speeding away?"--Provided by publisher.