Inspired by Classics: Diverse Books for Teens

These books offer creative, contemporary, and diverse takes on classics of literature, from a Pakistan-American homage to Little Women to an Afro-Latinx spin on Pride and Prejudice set in Brooklyn. Some of the stories empower women and characters of color in new ways that challenge the original depictions, as in Sisters of the Never Sea by Cynthia Leitich Smith. These books will provide great opportunities for discussion and for consideration of the question, "What makes a book a classic?"