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Teen Books for AAPI Heritage Month

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated every year in May. Take this opportunity to explore teen fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels featuring AAPI characters. These books range from romance to fantasy to memoir and are as diverse and complex as the cultures they represent.

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Idol Gossip

Idol Gossip

by Young, Alexandra Leigh

Book - 2021

Offered a spot at the Star Academy, one of the biggest K-pop companies, 17-year-old singer Alice Choy must navigate culture clashes, egos and extreme trai...Show more Offered a spot at the Star Academy, one of the biggest K-pop companies, 17-year-old singer Alice Choy must navigate culture clashes, egos and extreme training practices to come out on top, despite the efforts of an influential blogger trying to tear her down. Show less

Offered a spot at the Star Academy, one of the biggest K-pop companies, 17-year-old singer Alice Choy must navigate culture clashes, egos and extreme trai...Show more Offered a spot at the Star Academy, one of the biggest K-pop companies, 17-year-old singer Alice Choy must navigate culture clashes, egos and extreme training practices to come out on top, despite the efforts of an influential blogger trying to tear her down. Show less

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The Loophole

The Loophole

by Kutub, Naz

Book - 2022

After closeted 17-year-old Indian American Sy's boyfriend Farouk breaks up with him and promptly leaves the U.S., Sy throws himself into his thankless L.A...Show more After closeted 17-year-old Indian American Sy's boyfriend Farouk breaks up with him and promptly leaves the U.S., Sy throws himself into his thankless L.A. coffee shop job. There, he meets avant-garde English heiress Reggie, who offers to grant him three wishes in exchange for an egg salad sandwich. As a joke, he wishes for a million dollars, which immediately appears in his bank account. When his father learns that he's queer and kicks him out of the house, Sy asks Reggie to help him find Farouk, and the duo traipse the globe aboard a private jet searching for him. Show less

After closeted 17-year-old Indian American Sy's boyfriend Farouk breaks up with him and promptly leaves the U.S., Sy throws himself into his thankless L.A...Show more After closeted 17-year-old Indian American Sy's boyfriend Farouk breaks up with him and promptly leaves the U.S., Sy throws himself into his thankless L.A. coffee shop job. There, he meets avant-garde English heiress Reggie, who offers to grant him three wishes in exchange for an egg salad sandwich. As a joke, he wishes for a million dollars, which immediately appears in his bank account. When his father learns that he's queer and kicks him out of the house, Sy asks Reggie to help him find Farouk, and the duo traipse the globe aboard a private jet searching for him. Show less

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Meet Me in Mumbai

Meet Me in Mumbai

by Khan, Sabina

Book - 2022

Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get ...Show more Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable, until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughter Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother. Although Mira loves the moms who adopted her, she's intrigued to discover something more about her history. In one letter, Ayesha writes that if Mira can forgive her for what she had to do, she should find a way to travel to India for her 18th birthday and meet her. Show less

Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get ...Show more Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable, until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughter Mira finds an old box with letters addressed to her from her birth mother. Although Mira loves the moms who adopted her, she's intrigued to discover something more about her history. In one letter, Ayesha writes that if Mira can forgive her for what she had to do, she should find a way to travel to India for her 18th birthday and meet her. Show less

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Not Here to Be Liked

Not Here to Be Liked

by Quach, Michelle

Book - 2021

After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. Show less

After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. Show less

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Patron Saints of Nothing

Patron Saints of Nothing

by Ribay, Randy

Book - 2019

When 17-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies fr...Show more When 17-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies from Michigan to the Philippines to learn more. There, Jay connects with a culture he barely remembers from childhood visits and uncovers secrets that his cousin kept and his relatives are determined to forget. Show less

When 17-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies fr...Show more When 17-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies from Michigan to the Philippines to learn more. There, Jay connects with a culture he barely remembers from childhood visits and uncovers secrets that his cousin kept and his relatives are determined to forget. Show less

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Sway With Me

Sway With Me

by Masood, Syed

Book - 2021

Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been f...Show more Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been forbidden to perform at her sister's wedding, Arsalan's world opens up in more ways than he could have imagined. Show less

Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been f...Show more Arsalan Nizami has learned all he knows from his 100-year-old great-grandfather, but when Beenish Siraj asks him to be her partner in a dance she's been forbidden to perform at her sister's wedding, Arsalan's world opens up in more ways than he could have imagined. Show less

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These Violent Delights

These Violent Delights

by Gong, Chloe

Book - 2020

In 1926 Shanghai, 18-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city. In 1926 Shanghai, 18-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city. Show less

In 1926 Shanghai, 18-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city. In 1926 Shanghai, 18-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city. Show less

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Up From the Sea

Up From the Sea

by Lowitz, Leza

Book - 2016

In this novel told in verse, Kai, a biracial Japanese teen, loses everything in the March 2011 tsunami that hit Japan and is left to grieve and persevere. Back matter includes Lowitz's description of living through the tsunami and the aftermath. In this novel told in verse, Kai, a biracial Japanese teen, loses everything in the March 2011 tsunami that hit Japan and is left to grieve and persevere. Back matter includes Lowitz's description of living through the tsunami and the aftermath. Show less

In this novel told in verse, Kai, a biracial Japanese teen, loses everything in the March 2011 tsunami that hit Japan and is left to grieve and persevere. Back matter includes Lowitz's description of living through the tsunami and the aftermath. In this novel told in verse, Kai, a biracial Japanese teen, loses everything in the March 2011 tsunami that hit Japan and is left to grieve and persevere. Back matter includes Lowitz's description of living through the tsunami and the aftermath. Show less

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Vial of Tears

Vial of Tears

by Bishara, Cristin

Book - 2021

When Samira receives a strange vase with some ancient coins, she and her sister Rima are pulled into Baalbek, a Phoenician underworld where they are caugh...Show more When Samira receives a strange vase with some ancient coins, she and her sister Rima are pulled into Baalbek, a Phoenician underworld where they are caught up in the a struggle between deities, shapeshifters and ghouls—and Eshmun, who wants his burial coin, back. Show less

When Samira receives a strange vase with some ancient coins, she and her sister Rima are pulled into Baalbek, a Phoenician underworld where they are caugh...Show more When Samira receives a strange vase with some ancient coins, she and her sister Rima are pulled into Baalbek, a Phoenician underworld where they are caught up in the a struggle between deities, shapeshifters and ghouls—and Eshmun, who wants his burial coin, back. Show less

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Almost American Girl

Almost American Girl

An Illustrated Memoir

by Ha, Robin

Graphic Novel - 2020

The only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, Robin has always felt a strong bond with her mom. This changes when they relocate to Huntsville, Alabam...Show more The only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, Robin has always felt a strong bond with her mom. This changes when they relocate to Huntsville, Alabama, following her mother's announcement that she's getting married. Overnight, Robin's life changes, as she is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language, is cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. Things change, though, when Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, opening the window to a future Robin could never have imagined. Show less

The only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, Robin has always felt a strong bond with her mom. This changes when they relocate to Huntsville, Alabam...Show more The only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, Robin has always felt a strong bond with her mom. This changes when they relocate to Huntsville, Alabama, following her mother's announcement that she's getting married. Overnight, Robin's life changes, as she is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language, is cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. Things change, though, when Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, opening the window to a future Robin could never have imagined. Show less

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Dragon Hoops / Gene Luen Yang ; Color by Lark Pien ; Art Assists by Rianne Meyers and Kolbe Yang

Dragon Hoops / Gene Luen Yang ; Color by Lark Pien ; Art Assists by Rianne Meyers and Kolbe Yang

by Yang, Gene Luen

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Author Yang lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the...Show more Author Yang lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season, bringing them closer to the California State Championships. Once he gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page, and he wants to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons's lives, but his own life as well. Show less

Author Yang lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the...Show more Author Yang lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season, bringing them closer to the California State Championships. Once he gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he's seen on a comic book page, and he wants to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn't know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons's lives, but his own life as well. Show less

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They Called Us Enemy

They Called Us Enemy

by Takei, George

Graphic Novel - 2019

In this graphic memoir, actor Takei details his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism. In this graphic memoir, actor Takei details his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism. Show less

In this graphic memoir, actor Takei details his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism. In this graphic memoir, actor Takei details his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism. Show less

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50 People. 50 Stories. I Am Asian

50 People. 50 Stories. I Am Asian

Book - 2020

Hear stories from around the world on what it's like to be Asian. These life journeys include stories surrounding racism and COVID 19, growing up in a cul...Show more Hear stories from around the world on what it's like to be Asian. These life journeys include stories surrounding racism and COVID 19, growing up in a cult, coming out as gay, refugee experiences, depression and trauma, a NCAA D1 football player and Stanford scholarship, self-love and more. Show less

Hear stories from around the world on what it's like to be Asian. These life journeys include stories surrounding racism and COVID 19, growing up in a cul...Show more Hear stories from around the world on what it's like to be Asian. These life journeys include stories surrounding racism and COVID 19, growing up in a cult, coming out as gay, refugee experiences, depression and trauma, a NCAA D1 football player and Stanford scholarship, self-love and more. Show less

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From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry

From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry

The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

by Yoo, Paula

Book - 2021

In 1982 America, Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs, resulting in anti-Asian America...Show more In 1982 America, Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs, resulting in anti-Asian American sentiments, especially in Detroit. Vincent Chin—a Chinese American man—is beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years' probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage in the Asian American community and galvanized the Asian American movement, paving the way for a new federal civil rights trial of the case. Show less

In 1982 America, Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs, resulting in anti-Asian America...Show more In 1982 America, Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs, resulting in anti-Asian American sentiments, especially in Detroit. Vincent Chin—a Chinese American man—is beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years' probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage in the Asian American community and galvanized the Asian American movement, paving the way for a new federal civil rights trial of the case. Show less

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My Heart Of Rice

My Heart Of Rice

A Poetic Filipino American Experience

by Lanuza, Ashley C.

Book - 2020

Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, author Lanuza moves to empower anyone who may have a difficult or unconventional relationship with their cultural iden...Show more Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, author Lanuza moves to empower anyone who may have a difficult or unconventional relationship with their cultural identity. While Lanuza encourages acceptance of our unique details, she emphasizes the unity found in shared experiences and speaks of the inherent need for belonging, the youthful attempts at assimilation and the deep melting pot of ethnicity and culture that makes up our humanity. Show less

Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, author Lanuza moves to empower anyone who may have a difficult or unconventional relationship with their cultural iden...Show more Through vivid and rhythmic poetry, author Lanuza moves to empower anyone who may have a difficult or unconventional relationship with their cultural identity. While Lanuza encourages acceptance of our unique details, she emphasizes the unity found in shared experiences and speaks of the inherent need for belonging, the youthful attempts at assimilation and the deep melting pot of ethnicity and culture that makes up our humanity. Show less

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When Can We Go Back to America?

When Can We Go Back to America?

Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II

by Kamei, Susan H.

Book - 2021

This oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, comes from the perspective of children and young people that were affected by it. This oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, comes from the perspective of children and young people that were affected by it. Show less

This oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, comes from the perspective of children and young people that were affected by it. This oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, comes from the perspective of children and young people that were affected by it. Show less

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