Multicultural Jodi Picoult Read-alikes

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Stuck in Neutral
By Terry Trueman
YA F TRUEMAN
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.

Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini
F HOSSEINI
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son, in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

Run
By Ann Patchett
F PATCHETT
Struggling with single parenthood and a scandal that cost him his political career, Bernard Doyle fights his disappointment with his adopted sons' career choices before a violent event forces the members of his family to reconsider their priorities.

Namesake
By Jhumpa Lahiri
F LAHIRI
A portrait of the immigrant experience follows the Ganguli family from their traditional life in India through their arrival in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and their difficult melding into an American way of life.

My Mother the Cheerleader
By Rob Sharenow
YA F SHARNOW
Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.