Where We Come From

Themes & Content

• Genres
• Fiction

• Central Theme Categories
• Biography/Autobiography
• Centering Culture & Identity

• Content
• Diverse Families/Family Dynamics
• Adoption/Fostering
• Multiracial Families
• Languages & Communication
• Language Revitalization/Re-acquisition
• Linguistic Discrimination
• Linguistic Diversity
• Political Violence & Forced Displacement
• Dislocation/Displacement/Removal
• Slave Trade
• Race-Related
• Multiracial Identities
• Relocation Narratives
• Immigration Journey
• Sacred Belief Systems
• School/Extracurricular Activities
• Indian Residential Schools
• Traditional Cultures

• Settings
• Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Western Africa
• Americas
• Northern America
• United States of America
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Asia
• Eastern Asia
• Korea (pre-division)
• Europe
• Northern Europe
• Ireland
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Ethnicity
• Irish
• Korean
• Multiethnic
• Scottish
• Unspecified

• Tribal Affiliation / Homelands
• Mdewakanton Dakhota (Dakota)

• Immigration Representation
• Immigrants

• Gender Representation
• Boys/Men
• Girls/Women

• Race / Culture
• Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
• Bi/Multiracial/Mixed Race
• Black/African/African American
• First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
• White/European American/Caucasian

• Character Prominence
• Joint Main

• Author Lived Experience
• Author shares race/culture AND ethnicity/tribal nation/homeland with main characters

• Illustrator Lived Experience
• Illustrator shares race/culture with main characters