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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Titles for Tweens & Teens May 2025 |
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The cricket war
by Thòo Phòam
Escaping from Communist Vietnam by boat in 1980, 11-year-old Tho Pham tries to be brave as he sets out into the unknown without his family, in this gripping survival story drawn from real-life experiences.
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New from here
by Kelly Yang
Knox works to keep his family together as they move from Hong Kong back to northern California during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus
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Soul lanterns
by Shaw Kuzki
Joining her family every year at Hiroshima's lantern-floating ceremony in honor of those lost in the nuclear bombings of World War II, 12-year-old Nozomi asks about her mother's unnamed lantern and how its reflects an urgent need for world peace.
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Troublemaker
by John Cho
Following the events of the LA Riots, a 12-year-old Korean American boy must come to terms with the racism within and affecting their community while trying to protect his father, a store owner.
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Parachute kids
by Betty C. Tang
When their parents return to Taiwan, leaving her and her two older siblings in California on their own, Feng-Li must keep her family together as they all get tangled in a web of bad choices while navigating this strange new world.
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Sunlight playing over a mountain
by Selina Libi Bjorlie
Fifteen-year-old Jasmine lives in a world of reverie with her eccentric mother, but when a family secret unfolds, she must decide whether to stay in her fantasy world or face the truth.
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We are not free
by Traci Chee
For fourteen-year-old Minoru Ito and other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor have been terrible, and soon their lives forever changed by mass incarcerations in relocation camps.
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Bridge across the sky
by Freeman Ng
In 1924 at the Angel Island Immigration Station, teen Chinese immigrant Soo Tai Go is awakened to the political realities of his new home as he waits to find out if he and his family will be allowed into the country.
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Bingsu for Two
by Sujin Witherspoon
River Langston-Lee dumps his girlfriend, quits his job at his parents' cafe and gets a job at a failing Korean cafe working with grumpy goth Sarang Cho, in an enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance.
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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.
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Made in Asian America : a history for young people
by Erika Lee
This adaptation of the award-winning The Making of Asian America shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the U.S., and who continue to do so today, telling a powerful story of race, racism, bravery and hope.
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