Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities

Ages 13 And Up

A groundbreaking YA anthology, BOUNDLESS features 20 stories that center and celebrate the multiracial and multicultural experience from your favorite award-winning and bestselling authors, perfect for fans of COME ON IN and BLACK ENOUGH.

When identities cross boundaries, with love that knows no bounds. From platonic and romantic love to grief and heartbreak, these stories explore navigating life at the intersection of identities, and what it means to grow up surrounded by a multitude of traditions, languages, cultures, and interpersonal dynamics. Returning to a father’s homeland. Trying to fit in at chaotic weddings and lavish birthday parties where not all are welcome. Processing grief at family gatherings. Figuring out how to share the news of a new relationship with loved ones. This collection celebrates multicultural and multiracial characters at the helm of their own narratives, approaching life with a renewed sense of hope and acceptance. Featuring original stories from: Adi Alsaid Rebecca Balcárcel Akemi Dawn Bowman Anika Fajardo Shannon Gibney I.W. Gregorio Veera Hiranandani Nasugraq Rainey Hopson Emiko Jean Erin Entrada Kelly Torrey Maldonado Mélina Mangal Goldy Moldavsky Randy Ribay Loriel Ryon Tara Sim Eric Smith Jasmine Warga Ismée Williams Karen Yin

About the Author

Rebecca Balcárcel serves the students of Tarrant County College as Associate Professor of English. She authored SHINE ON, LUZ VéLIZ! and THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, an ALSC Notable Book, and a silver medalist in the International Latino Book Awards. A recipient of Bennington Writing Seminar’s Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize, Rebecca’s essays, poems, and stories have appeared in magazines such as North American Review, Third Coast, and One to Know. Find her on YouTube as the SixMinuteScholar. Likes: chocolate, popcorn, her cat. Ismée Williams is the award-winning author of Water in May and This Train Is Being Held, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and winner of the ILBA Gold Medal for best YA Romance. Ismée is a co-founder of the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival as well as a pediatric cardiologist in New York City where she lives with her family. She is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant and grew up listening to her abuelo’s bedtime stories. Follow her on Twitter and IG @IsmeeWilliams.