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Own Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islander Teen Reads
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Harley in the sky
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Longing to become a trapeze artist like the performers in her parents’ Las Vegas circus, a multiracial teen risks everything to run away with a traveling circus, where brutal and beautiful experiences lead to a reckoning about her choices. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
by Ellen Oh
Best-selling and award-winning authors including Melissa de la Cruz, Renée Ahdieh and Julie Kagawa reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in 15 short stories that span multiple genres and explore classic cultural themes, from love and freedom to sacrifice and duty.
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Every reason we shouldn't
by Sara Fujimura
Struggling to live up to expectations as the teen daughter of Olympic champions, an embittered figure skater bonds with a determined new trainee who distracts her from her efforts to pursue a normal life. By the author of Breathe. Simultaneous eBook.
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The downstairs girl
by Stacey Lee
When the advice column she secretly writes becomes wildly popular, a young lady’s maid uses her influence to question her society’s fixed ideas about race and gender. By the award-winning author of Outrun the Moon.
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Patron saints of nothing
by Randy Ribay
Setting aside his college ambitions when he learns that his cousin has been murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, a high school senior travels to the Philippines to uncover the truth, and the part he may have played in it. By the author of After the Shot Drops.
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Super fake love song
by David Yoon
Misrepresenting himself to a crush who mistakes him for his cool older brother, a self-proclaimed nerd convinces his best friend to organize a fake rock band and gains unexpected popularity before his lies spiral out of control. By the award-winning author of Frankly in Love. Simultaneous eBook.
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The magic fish
by Le Nguyen Trung
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiâên 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 Tiâên, 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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Our wayward fate
by Gloria Chao
Forging a bond with the only other Taiwanese kid in her school, 17-year-old Oli Chu finds a sense of belonging and the courage to push back against discrimination before her mother’s disapproval of the relationship reveals astonishing family secrets. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The knockout
by Sajni Patel
When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her
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I'll be the one
by Lyla Lee
A nuanced celebration of body positivity by the author of the Mindy Kim series follows the experiences of a plus-sized teen girl who shatters expectations on a televised competition to become the next big K-pop star. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Dragon hoops : From Small Steps to Great Leaps
by Gene Luen Yang
An introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves. By the award-winning author of American Born Chinese. Illustrations.
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Turtle under ice
by Juleah Del Rosario
A teen whose family has been traumatized since the death of her mother a few years earlier wakes up in the middle of the night to discover that her older sister has mysteriously gone missing during a snowstorm. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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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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The astonishing color of after
by Emily X. R. Pan
A teen grieving the loss of her mother travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time and search for her mother's spirit while uncovering tragic family secrets and struggling to reconcile the truth about how her mother's life really ended. A first novel.
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Tell me how you really feel
by Aminah Mae Safi
A tale told in alternative viewpoints and inspired by classic romantic comedies follows the unlikely on-camera romance between an overachieving cheerleader and the senior film project director who secretly hates her. Simultaneous eBook.
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More than just a pretty face
by Syed M. Masood
Enduring family disapproval and the possible cancellation of his arranged marriage because of his ambition to become a chef, Danyal Jilani competes in a school-wide academic championship, where his efforts to prove his intelligence are complicated by his crush on a teammate who loves his cooking. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Parachutes
by Kelly Yang
A teen from a privileged Asian family navigates culture shock, unexpected freedom and a new relationship while attending school in California and renting a room from the family of an Ivy League hopeful whose debate coach has undermined her plans. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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This Time Will Be Different
by Misa Sugiura
Preferring a simple future to her mother's ambitions for her, a 17-year-old Japanese-American teen discovers her talent for flower arranging before her mother tries to sell the flower shop to the swindlers responsible for their hardships.
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