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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2018
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Books About Real American Heroes
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Books with Asian American Stories
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American born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
A graphic novel by the author of Duncan's Kingdom alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in American popular culture. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
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The thing about luck
by Cynthia Kadohata
Just when 12-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year filled with bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for the harvest workers.
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Paper son : Lee's journey to America
by Helen Foster James
Twelve-year-old Lee, an orphan, reluctantly leaves his grandparents in China for the long sea voyage to San Francisco, where he and other immigrants undergo examinations at the Angel Island Immigration Station.
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The year of the book
by Andrea Cheng
This fully illustrated chapter book follows Anna, a young Asian-American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends and fourth grade while learning what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.
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Apple pie 4th of July
by Janet S. Wong
Celebrating cultural diversity, a wonderful picture book follows a spirited Chinese-American girl as she tries to convince her mother and father that selling Chinese food on this all-American holiday is not acceptable, but as the parade passes by and fireworks color the night sky, she learns a valuable lesson.
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Suki's kimono
by Chieri Uegaki
Having had the most wonderful summer with her visiting grandmother, Suki decides to wear her blue cotton kimono upon her return to school where she also shares with her class her tales of the many wonderful events she experienced at the street festival with her beloved obachan.
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Listen, slowly
by Thanhha Lai
Assisting her grandmother's investigation of her grandfather's fate during the Vietnam War, Mai struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while redefining her sense of family
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Somewhere Among
by Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
A debut novel-in-verse by an award-winning writer from Tokyo follows the experiences of an 11-year-old half-Japanese, half-American sister-to-be who struggles with the loneliness of being caught between two worlds when the tragedy of 9/11 strikes an ocean away.
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