tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post2587756016030452578..comments2024-03-24T02:23:19.870-05:00Comments on Reading In Color: B.W.B. (Boarding While Brown)MissAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-31338363140839839332010-10-28T09:33:13.649-05:002010-10-28T09:33:13.649-05:00I would like to add the following book to the list...I would like to add the following book to the list “The Secret of the Scarlet Stone” by T.L. Clarke. It’s a MG/YA book that has three POC characters (and one is actually the leading character) and is based in a boarding school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-73965117768753090152010-10-21T19:11:14.788-05:002010-10-21T19:11:14.788-05:00@Anon-Glad to hear that! I'm going to try and ...@Anon-Glad to hear that! I'm going to try and read Black Ice over one of my holiday breaks, I love memoirs.<br /><br />It's always awesome when you notice some differences and similarties between your experience and someone else's.<br /><br />@Jeannine-Love your profile pic! If you don't mind my asking, did you go to boarding school away from home or in the state?<br /><br />I'm really happy that you had a great experience! There's something very appealing about boarding school but it is really rigorous.MissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-17769983352307876632010-10-17T13:16:14.181-05:002010-10-17T13:16:14.181-05:00I'm brown and I went to boarding school, so ye...I'm brown and I went to boarding school, so yes it does happen. There were only two brown girls of in the whole school, but I still had a wonderful experience.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16091328966209234319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-62173425873210250742010-10-16T20:27:45.754-05:002010-10-16T20:27:45.754-05:00I remember feeling that Black Ice was fantastic--I...I remember feeling that Black Ice was fantastic--I read it my second or third year at St Paul's, and the difference between the school I knew and the school she knew were huge in some places and not so huge in others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-31463639370046113032010-10-16T13:37:49.913-05:002010-10-16T13:37:49.913-05:00@Keri-But I would like you to be tired of boarding...@Keri-But I would like you to be tired of boarding school books about poc and white teens ;) I don't know any stats about how many teens attend boarding school but I understand the appeal and right now I'd rather work on as-close-to-equal representation in all aspects of teen lit.<br /><br />But I'm even more fond of books about poc set in private (rare) and public schools.<br /><br />@Patricia W-Thank you! *adds to list* I think I recall seeing those in Borders...<br /><br />@Ms. Healey-Perhaps I should have specified, books even count if they have boarding school as a background. And a diverse group of characters. So the diverse cast of friends and the effect of the setting will leave it on the list. Thank you for dropping by!<br /><br />@Doret-see above comment but it will stay on the list. For now I'll stick to already published books but I'm eagerly anticipating Dreams of Signifcant Girls!<br /><br />@Angela-Guardian of the Dead is safe (and a book I NEED to get my hands on). Diverse cast, feminism, mythology=excellence in the making =DMissAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11042352415616854651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-10432114889595107662010-10-16T08:46:44.332-05:002010-10-16T08:46:44.332-05:00I also wanted to chime in with a vote for Guardian...I also wanted to chime in with a vote for Guardian of the Dead. Like Doret, it's one of my favorite books of 2010, because along with the diverse cast there's some excellent feminism throughout the book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223450892316241062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-20709151437900142452010-10-15T21:48:33.172-05:002010-10-15T21:48:33.172-05:00I suppose an author's response will trump all....I suppose an author's response will trump all. Though just in case I vote to keep Guardian of the Dead on the list. <br /><br />It features a diverse cast and its one of my favorite YA books of 2010. <br /><br />Author Christina Garcia has a YA novel coming out in 2011 called Dreams of Significant Girls, its set at a Swiss Boarding schoolDorethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676911030014718403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-81145340095919146612010-10-15T21:04:43.259-05:002010-10-15T21:04:43.259-05:00Hi! The main character in Guardian of the Dead is ...Hi! The main character in Guardian of the Dead is not PoC - however, her best friend and her roommate are. Neither of them are shown as unhappy about being "the only", but since Ellie isn't PoC, it probably doesn't belong on the list?<br /><br />The book isn't really *about* boarding school. Although of course as a setting it has an impact on the characters, it's not really a boarding school book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-2397231402544656682010-10-15T12:06:29.600-05:002010-10-15T12:06:29.600-05:00Shelley Adina's It's All About Us series f...Shelley Adina's It's All About Us series features a diverse group of young women at a ritzy boarding school in the San Francisco area. Each book features a different girl. There's an African-American, an Asian, a Hispanic, a Brit, and one or two Caucasian girls.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255886452367019317.post-77561312376117980432010-10-15T11:30:43.809-05:002010-10-15T11:30:43.809-05:00What I find interesting is that I wish there were ...What I find interesting is that I wish there were fewer books about boarding schools period. So few students in the U.S. actually attend boarding schools that they seems absurdly overrepresented in teen literature.<br /><br />I'll take more books about POC who attend public/private school any day.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01466651386803323573noreply@blogger.com