Cameo Critic: 'Black-ish' star Yara Shahidi's reading list

September 19, 2015 at 7:00PM
BLACK-ISH - ABC's "black-ish" stars Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson. (ABC/Bob D'Amico)
BLACK-ISH - ABC's "black-ish" stars Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson. (ABC/Bob D'Amico) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minneapolis-born Shahidi, 15, may play a teenager more interested in parties on ABC's "Black-ish" (which returns Wednesday), but in real life she's an extremely well-read, curious young woman. Check out her recent list of favorites.

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" 'Catcher in the Rye.' Oh, my goodness. Just the idea of this kid and his hesitancy in becoming an adult is fascinating to me. When I first started 'East of Eden,' I was like, 'When is this story going to start?' There's a lot of background. But once I got through it, I realized if the author had left out the smallest detail, it wouldn't have been as intriguing. I also liked 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' That was great."

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