My Father, The Panda Killer, by Jamie Jo Hoang, explores intergenerational trauma through the lens of a Californian teen and her Vietnamese father.
Browsing: AAPI Heritage
A first-generation immigrant struggles to find her own voice amidst of her father’s demands in Tiger Daughter, by Rebecca Lim.
Love in the Library tells the story of Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s grandparents who fell in love while in a WWII Japanese-American incarceration camp.
A Taiwanese immigrant learns her immigration status and pursuit of the American Dream are at risk in Land of Broken Promises, by Jane Kuo.
A boy dreams of having long, wavy hair in The Good Hair Day, written by Christian Trimmer and illustrated by J Yang.
Jenna Yoon’s debut character returns with a mission to protect important magical objects in Lia Park and the Heavenly Heirlooms.
A girl dreams about taking her dancing up a level in Amy Wu and the Ribbon Dance, by Kat Zhang and Charlene Chua.
The Together Tree, by Aisha Saeed and LeUyen Pham, celebrates small acts of kindness in the face of intolerance.
I Kick and I Fly, by Ruchira Gupta, follows an Indian teen as she escapes being sold into the sex trade and learns her value through kung fu.
You Are Here follows twelve Asian American youths as their paths intersect while traveling through a busy Chicago airport.