Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2024

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month. Celebrate by reading fiction and nonfiction books that highlight the culture, complexity, depth and diversity of the AAPI experience.
 

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1. The best we could do: an illustrated memoir

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Author:
Bui, Thi
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Graphic Novels
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The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.

2. Miracle Creek

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Author:
Kim, Angie, 1969-
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"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son."-- How far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies? In a small town in Virginia, a group of people know each other because they're part of a special treatment center, a hyperbaric chamber that may cure a range of conditions from infertility to autism. But then the chamber explodes, two people die, and it's...

3. Not quite not white: losing and finding race in America

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Author:
Sen, Sharmila
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