Throughout the month of May, librarians, authors, teachers, and library activists from around the world took turns reviewing #IntlYALit titles that will help us provide our students with more windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. I’m humbled by the efforts of the reviewers and thrilled with the results of their work.

In case you missed a day, here’s a list of the titles that were reviewed this month. (This should make your shopping a little easier!)

Title	Author	Reviewer
End of Eddy	Edouard Louis	Jack Gantos
The Hour Past Midnight	Salma	Mridula Koshy
Grass	Keum Suk Gendry-Kim	Lauren Elliott
The Yield	Tara June Winch	Sarah Derrig
Zara Hossain is Here	Sabina Khan	Erin Wilson
Spud	John van de Ruit	John Kurtenbach
Mirror, Mirror	Andaleeb Wajid	Mathangi Subramaniam
The Boy Who Sees With His Fingers	Tomasz Malkowski	Samantha Wasson
Oksi	Mari Ahokoivu	Jennifer Baltes
Burmese Moons	Sophie Ansel and Sam Garcia	Jonathan Hill
Malika Warrior Queen	Roye Okupe	James Toney
The Hennah Wars	Adiba Jaigirdar	Wendy Guyer
Karmzah: The Unleashing	Farida Bedwei	Nadine Bailey
The Murderer’s Ape	Jakob Wegelius	Jason Roach
The Weight of Our Sky	Hanna Alkaf	Catherine Bae
Between Beirut and the Moon	A. Naji Bakhti	Sana Daher
My Brilliant Life	Ae-Ran Kim	Mairin Raisdana
Love From A to Z	S.K. Ali	Jaime Clayton
The Gilded Ones	Namina Forna	Sarah Ducharme
The Secret Life of Debbie G.	Vibha Batra	Chris Fazenbaker
Secret Path	Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire	Mary Lawson
How Do You Live	Genzaburo Yoshina	Jeremy Willette
Oonga and Year of the Weeds	Devashish Makhija and Siddhartha Sarma	Katie Day
League of Super Feminists	Mirion Malle	Paige Spilles
Crooks and Straights	Masha du Toit	John Kurtenbach

And what did I learn? There’s so much more great YA literature in the world than I can possibly know about. Yes, School Library Journal and Booklist are a great help when I’m making purchase lists, and ordering catalogued and processed books from my US provider is convenient, but doing the hard work of seeking out international titles is worth it for my students. I need to continue to use this site and to add to my list of international resources.

And – this month has reinforced what I’ve always known – that my friends are awesome, and we’re stronger together than we are alone. Thank you to everyone above who contributed to GLLI’s #IntlYALitMonth, and a huge thanks to Karen Van Drie, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative’s Executive Director and managing editor, who guided me through this whole process. This month wouldn’t have happened without everyone’s contributions.

Linda Hoiseth is the high school librarian at the American School of Dubai and has previously worked at schools in the US, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Poland, Peru, Qatar, and India. She has a B.S. in English and Secondary Education, an M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a graduate certificate in School Library Media. Linda is an IB workshop leader and a member of the ECIS Libraries Special Interest Group. She’s a fierce advocate for all students to have access to all the books. Follow her on Twitter @lhoiseth.