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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Books for Teens ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH FOR YOUNG ADULTS
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Displacement
by Kiku Hughes
On a visit to San Francisco, Kiku finds herself transported in time back to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.
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Ichiro
by Ryan Inzana
Ichiro, the son of a fallen American soldier, relocates with his mother to Japan, where after visiting temples with his grandfather, he experiences a supernatural encounter that teaches him about the natures of humans, gods, and war
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Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me
by Mariko Tamaki
Upset about her on-again, off-again relationship with her girlfriend Laura Dean, Freddy Riley depends on her friends, a local mystic, and a relationship columnist for help in dealing with her situation
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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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Squad
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
"Becca moves to an upscale Silicon Valley suburb and is surprised when she develops a bond with girls who belong to the popular clique-and even more surprised when she learns their secrets"
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The magic fish
by Trung Le Nguyen
Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?
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Azar on fire
by Olivia Abtahi
To enter a local Battle of the Bands concert, 14-year-old songwriter Azar, whose vocal cords are shredded, discovers she has a lot of talking to do and friends to make for the chance to stand on stage with her crush. Simultaneous eBook.
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A match made in mehendi
by Nandini Bajpai
Simran "Simi" Sangha comes from a line of Indian matchmakers, so when she accidentally sets up her cousin with an aspiring lawyer her family thinks she has the gift, but when she tries her skills at school she upsets the high school hierarchy
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A show for two
by Tashie Bhuiyan
Determined to win the student film competition, Mina makes a deal with indie film star Emmitt Ramos, and as they spend time together and NYC starts to feel more like home than ever before, she wonders if winning is worth losing everything. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rent a boyfriend
by Gloria Chao
"Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents. Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your 'Rents employee to keep a roof over his head"
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We are not free
by Traci Chee
For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps
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Yolk
by Mary H. K. Choi
Estranged over disagreements about their respective life choices, a straitlaced older sister and a flaky younger sister test the limits of what they are willing to do for each other, including swapping identities, when one is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Brown girl ghosted
by Mintie Das
In Meadowdale, Illinois, sixteen-year-old Violet deals with mean girls, racism, murder, and being spurred by immortal Lukas to accept being an Aiedeo, a hereditary warrior queen charged with protecting the world
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Just be cool, Jenna Sakai
by Debbi Michiko Florence
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Jenna Sakai swears off relationships until she meets Rin Watanabe, a cute-but-annoying boy who keeps stealing her booth at the diner where she hides out every day after school
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These violent delights
by Chloe Gong
Set in 1920s Shanghai, a reimagining of Romeo and Juliet follows the star-crossed romance of a flapper-turned-gang leader who must set aside her prejudices to work beside a rival to protect their city from territorial gangsters.
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The weight of our sky
by Hanna Alkaf
During the 1969 Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur, Melati becomes separated from her mother and, with the help of a young Chinese boy, must fight prejudice, violence, and her own obsessive-compulsive disorder to find her again
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The ones we're meant to find
by Joan He
Awakening on an abandoned island with no memory of how she was marooned, Cee embarks on a desperate search for her sister, while STEM prodigy Kasey begins to question her life in Earth's last unpolluted city. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hani and Ishu's guide to fake dating
by Adiba Jaigirdar
"Everyone likes Humaira 'Hani' Khan--she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts outthat she's in a relationship...with a girl her friends absolutely hate--Ishita 'Ishu' Dey. She's an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other"
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Tokyo ever after
by Emiko Jean
Discovering in her senior year of high school that the father she has never met is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izzy is introduced to the realities of being a princess while trying to understand conniving relatives, a hungry press, a handsome bodyguard and thousands of years of tradition.
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Darius the Great is not okay
by Adib Khorram
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life
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I love you so mochi
by Sarah Kuhn
Kimi Nakamura loves fashion, and designing clothes, jewelry, and accessories for her friends, but her mother, a professional graphic designer with a long list of clients, wants her to be a serious artist, and is furious when she discovers Kimi has dropped her fine arts class; so Kimi is relieved to be able to visit her normally estranged grandparents in Kyoto during spring break--but what begins as an escape becomes a way to learn about her mother and her Japanese heritage, and to figure out how to move forward with her own life
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A phở love story
by Loan Le
Avoiding each other most of their lives because of a mysterious rivalry, two Vietnamese-American teens from competing pho restaurants fall in love by chance while uncovering the reason behind their families' generations-old feud. A first novel. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook.
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I'll be the one
by Lyla Lee
Follows Skye Shin's experiences as a plus-sized teen girl who shatters expectations on a televised competition to become the next big K-pop star
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Under a painted sky
by Stacey Lee
In 1845 Missouri, Sammy, a Chinese girl, and Annamae, a runaway slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California, facing countless dangers together and forging an unforgettable bond of friendship. Simultaneous eBook.
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Dragon Pearl
by Yoon Ha Lee
Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces
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Spin the dawn
by Elizabeth Lim
Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars
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Last night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
With the threat of deportation looming over her father--in spite of his hard-won citizenship and disavowal of Communism--seventeen-year-old American-born Chinese Lily Hu pursues a relationship with her Caucasian classmate Kath.
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From Twinkle, with love
by Sandhya Menon
Told through letters, aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra learns a lesson about love while directing a movie for the Midsummer Night arts festival, in which her longtime crush and his twin brother are also participating
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The astonishing color of after
by Emily X. R. Pan
After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird
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The best at it
by Maulik Pancholy
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.
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Want
by Cindy Pon
Jason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city
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The ivory key
by Akshaya Raman
Four estranged royal siblings, each harboring secrets and conflicting agendas, must learn to work together as they search for the Ivory Key—a thing of legend that will lead to a new source of magic. 50,000 first printing.
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Patron saints of nothing
by Randy Ribay
When seventeen-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 to the Philippines to learn more
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A wish in the dark
by Christina Soontornvat
After escaping prison, Pong discovers that a fugitive can never truly be free and that the world outside is no fairer than the one behind bars, while the prison wardens perfect daughter learns some hard truths as she attempts to track him down. A Newbery Honor winner. AB. H. K. PW. SLJ. Reprint paper simultaneous with large print hardcover.
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This time will be different
by Misa Sugiura
Will CJ Katsuyama ever not be a disappointment to her driven, business exec mom? The sense of inadequacy weighs her down sometimes. And there's her best friend Emily, who seems to be falling for an alpha girl at school—why can’t CJ just be happy for Em instead of bummed, unable to settle into her own relationship with the right guy? Readers will know that life is never that easy. CJ’s emotional landscape is a nonstop roller coaster. Her inner thoughts crackle with an angst and self-doubt that teens will find engaging. A plot thread involving a past abortion further complicates CJ's psyche and clouds her emotional security, but when she gets involved in a campaign to right past wrongs—uncovering the legacy of some Japanese American families, including her own, during the internment period—CJ becomes passionate and driven in her own right.
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Made in Korea
by Sarah Suk
"Two entrepreneurial Korean-American teens butt heads--and fall in love--while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school"
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Jade fire gold
by June CL Tan
When Ahn, with no past and no family, meets Altan, a lost heir, she sees him as a way to unlock her past and understand her arcane magical ability but the price may be too high to pay. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Star daughter
by Shveta Thakrar
When her human father is injured by a starfire flare, half-star Sheetal embarks on a quest to a celestial court of shining wonders and dark shadows inspired by Hindu mythology to track down her star mother and participate in a competition to determine the skys next ruling house.
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She is a haunting
by Trang Thanh Tran
"Staying in Vietnam at the house her estranged father is restoring, Jade, plagued by sleep paralysis, bugs and a ghostly apparition, must expose the evil lurking in its walls before dark forces consume them all. 125,000 first printing. "
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Loveboat, Taipei
by Abigail Hing Wen
Sent from her Ohio home to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer, a Chinese American girl struggles through strict educational practices and unfamiliar dating norms before discovering the painful secrets held by an assortment of new friends. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Frankly in love
by David Yoon
"High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all"
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class. 15,000 first printing.
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Messy Roots : A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-american
by Laura Gao
Seamlessly toggling between past and present, this funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American’s immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school and figure out why she is attracted to girls. 12,000 first printing. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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