The Latte Rebellion

The Latte Rebellion
By Sarah Jamila Stevenson
Flux, 2011. 328 pgs. Young Adult

Asha Jamison wants to earn money for a fabulous post-graduation trip and raise awareness abou mixed-race people like herself. So she and a couple of friends form the latte rebellion, to promote that it's good to be brown or mixed. But what starts as a small website selling t-shirts to earn money goes viral, and as more people join the cause, there are reactions and repercussions that Asha never anticipated--some of which may even get her expelled.

I really liked the issues that this book discussed, particularly how mixed race people may not feel comfortable with any particular group and Asha needing to figure out how much this cause means to her. There's a little bit of language (of the milder variety), but other than that, it's a clean read, and definitely a thought-provoking one.

AE