Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month-YA, J, BR, E Collections-Updated 4/30/22

Showing 121 - 140 of 180  There are a total of 181 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Permanent record"
Star rating for Permanent record
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Nineteen-year-old Pablo Neruda Rind is working in an upscale health food store in New York CIty when pop star Leanna Smart rushes in and turns his life upside-down.
Book cover for "A place at the table"
Star rating for A place at the table
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Sixth-graders Sara, a Pakistani American, and Elizabeth, a Jewish girl, connect in an after school cooking club and bond over food and their mothers' struggles to become United States citizens.
Book cover for "A place to belong"
Star rating for A place to belong
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
Book cover for "Playing at the border"
Star rating for Playing at the border
Author:
Description:
". . . tell[s] an inspiring story of Yo-Yo Ma, who challenges conventions, expectations, and beliefs in order to build bridges to unite communities, people, and cultures"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Playing with lanterns"
Star rating for Playing with lanterns
Description:
"Zhao Di wishes the New Year would never end! Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing...
Book cover for "Power forward"
Star rating for Power forward
Author:
Description:
Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team, but when he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
Book cover for "Prairie lotus"
Star rating for Prairie lotus
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
Book cover for "The problem with being slightly heroic"
Star rating for The problem with being slightly heroic
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Complications ensue when Bollywood star Dolly Singh premieres her new movie at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and super fan Dinni and her best friend Maddie present a dance at the grand opening.
Book cover for "The proudest blue"
Star rating for The proudest blue
Average Rating:
3.6 stars
Description:
Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.
Book cover for "Rebel Seoul"
Star rating for Rebel Seoul
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In 2199 in the Neo State of Korea, eighteen-year-old Jaewon is partnered with supersoldier Tera, but their evolving love is threatened when Jaewon must choose among conflicting loyalties--to the totalitarian government that promises to end all war, the nationalist rebels his father followed, or the crime syndicate staging a coup.
Book cover for "Red kite, blue kite"
Star rating for Red kite, blue kite
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, are separated during China's Cultural Revolution, they are able to stay close by greeting one another every day with flying kites until Baba, like the kites, is free. Includes historical note.
Book cover for "Rent a boyfriend"
Star rating for Rent a boyfriend
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A "romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Ritu weds Chandni"
Star rating for Ritu weds Chandni
Description:
"This vibrant picture book sets the story of a same-sex couple struggling to gain acceptance against the colorful backdrop of an Indian wedding. Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu's wedding. She can't wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy that Ritu is marrying her girlfriend Chandni. Some have even vowed to stop the celebrations. Will Ayesha be able to save her cousin's big day? Centering Ayesha's love for her cousin...
Book cover for "Sam Wu is not afraid of ghosts"
Star rating for Sam Wu is not afraid of ghosts
Series:
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
After an embarrassing incident on his school field trip, Sam's determined to prove that he's not afraid of ghosts.
Book cover for "The Savage fortress"
Star rating for The Savage fortress
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When British schoolboy Ash Mistry goes to India for a vacation, he quickly falls into a world of rakshasas, or demons, overseen by the evil Lord Alexander Savage.
Book cover for "Save me a seat"
Star rating for Save me a seat
Author:
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
Book cover for "The seed of compassion"
Star rating for The seed of compassion
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, one of the world's most prominent leaders, was once a child from a typical farming family in Tibet. Under the big open sky, surrounded by tall mountains and clear streams, his mother was the first to show him what compassion looked like. In everyday moments from His Holiness's childhood, young readers begin to see that important lessons are all around us and that they too can grow to understand them.
Book cover for "The serpent's secret"
Star rating for The serpent's secret
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.
Book cover for "The shadow hero"
Star rating for The shadow hero
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity: the Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that...
Book cover for "Shark lady"
Star rating for Shark lady
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
At 9 years old, Eugenie Clark developed an unexpected passion for sharks after a visit to the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City. At the time, sharks were seen as mindless killing machines, but Eugenie knew better and set out to prove it. Despite many obstacles in her path, Eugenie was able to study the creatures she loved so much. From her many discoveries to the shark-related myths she dispelled, Eugenie's wide scientific contributions led to...