Finding My Voice by Marie G. Lee with One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Finding My Own Voice is being republished with a new cover almost thirty (!) years later. In this standalone Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school in Arkin, Minnesota. But racist bullies won’t let her forget that she is the youngest daughter of the only Korean-American family in town. At the start of her senior year, Ellen begins to fall for Tomper Sandel, a cute, popular, and blond football player – and he falls for her too. Now she has a chance of life that she never imagined, but will their romance be strong enough to withstand hometown bigotry and her family’s disapproval?
One of the Good Ones is written by a pair of sisters about a pair of sisters. When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim, Happi begins to question the perfect way her sister is remembered. “One of the good ones” is a phrase that seems wrong to Happi as she wonders if only certain people are deemed to be missed. As Happi and her sister Genny take a trip in honor of Kezi using The Negro Motorist Green Book, they discover a twist to Kezi’s story that might change everything.