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Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with the latest and greatest teen fiction and graphic novels! |
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Heavenly tyrant
by Xiran Jay Zhao
Iron Widow Zetian returns to Chang'an with Emperor-General Qin Zheng to rule and deconstruct the corrupt, misogynist system, but she must contend with political unrest and continued attacks, in a series blending Chinese history and mythology with mecha science fiction. Simultaneous eBook.
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A crane among wolves
by June Hur
"In 1506 Joseon (Korea), Iseul sets out to steal her sister back after she's been kidnapped by tyrant King Yeonsan and collides with Prince Daehyun, the king's half-brother, to discover that their contempt for each other is transcended only by their mutual hatred for the king. Simultaneous eBook."
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When Mimi went missing
by Suja Sukumar
Shy Tanvi thinks of cousin Mimi as her sister, until Mimi falls under the spell of Tanvi's bully, and after Tanvi wakes up with scratches, Mimi missing and no memory of the previous night, she must unravel what happened. Simultaneous eBook.
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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. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Everything we never had
by Randy Ribay
Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships.
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Asking for a friend
by Kara H. L. Chen
Pairing up with her nonconformist and infuriating frenemy Garrett Tsai to start a dating-advice column, strong-willed, ambitious Juliana Zhao, determined to win the Asian Americans in Business competition, faces failure for the first time and must reckon with the sacrifices she's made to be a perfect daughter. Simultaneous eBook.
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I'm from here too
by Kashmira Sheth
With his beloved grandfather in India nearing death, Indian American Sikh boy Anoop hopes the tenets of his faith—equality, justice, service, honesty—will help him navigate this difficult time. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rani Choudhury must die
by Adiba Jaigirdar
Maghna and Rani are ex-best friends turned rivals, but once they discover they're dating the same guy, they team up in a science competition to expose him, in a sapphic, dual point-of-view novel. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Dark We Know
by Wen-yi Lee
Growing up in Slater, Isadora Chang never felt at ease in the repressive small town, even before she realized she was bisexual--but after the deaths of two childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating. So, Isa took off before the town could swallow her, too. Even though it meant leaving everything she knew behind, including her last surviving friend, Mason. When Isa's abusive father dies, however, she agrees to come back from art school just long enough to collect the inheritance. But then Mason turns up at the cemetery with a revelation and a plea: their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town, and he needs Isa to help stop it--before it takes anyone else. When Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can't recall drawing, she's forced to stop running and confront her past. Because something is waiting in the shadows of Slater's valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children. Whatever it is, it knows Isa's back...and it won't let her escape again.
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Maya in multicolor
by Swati Teerdhala
After realizing her freshman boyfriend is wasting her time and refuses to put a label on their relationship, college freshman Maya decides to reclaim her life but does not have a lot of confidence in romance, so she is not thrilled that her co-planner onthe Holi planning committee is the heartthrob Nishanti Rai, especially since their visions (and personalities) do not match
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The Queen Bees of Tybee County
by Kyle Casey Chu
Chinese American Derrick explores his queer identity by competing in a small-town beauty pageant where he shares his new love of drag with his family and friends
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Love & resistance
by Kara H. L. Chen
Starting at a new school and having to stand up to infamous—and racist—it-girl Mitzi Clarke, 17-year-old Taiwanese American teen Olivia Chang joins forces with a secret society of students to end Mitzi's reign of terror and their school's toxic bullying culture. Simultaneous eBook.
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What a Desi girl wants
by Sabina Khan
Hoping to heal her relationship with her estranged father by returning to India for his royal wedding to socialite Naz, Mehar discovers Naz and her social media influencer daughter are using her father for his money and sets out to stop the wedding, putting a new romance at risk. Simultaneous eBook.
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The red car to Hollywood
by Jennie Liu
"In LA's Chinatown in 1924, sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan rebels against her parents' conventional plans for her future when a friendship with nineteen-year-old Anna May Wong, a rising Hollywood film star, opens up new possibilities"
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Halfway there : a graphic memoir of self-discovery
by Christine Mari
The half American-half Japanese author shares her year abroad in Japan where she seeks to reconcile both sides of her biracial identity but instead finds the two cultures isolating her in ways she never imagined. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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A sky of paper stars
by Susie Yi
After making an ill-fated wish that results in the death of her grandmother, Halmoni, in Korea, guilt-ridden Yuna finds her body turning into paper and must bring Halmoni back or turn into paper forever. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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The worst Ronin
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
"Determined to prove she's worthy of attending a prestigious samurai school, 16-year-old Chihiro teams up with her former idol, Tatsuo, on a treacherous journey rife with battles and conspiracies, forcing them to put aside their differences to save their village and face the demons of the past. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations."
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49 days
by Agnes Lee
After she dies, Korean American girl Kit must travel for 49 days according to Buddhist tradition to fully cross over, in this unforgettable story of death, grief, love and how we keep moving forward
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Ruth Asawa : an artist takes shape
by Sam Nakahira
"This graphic biography chronicles the genesis of Ruth Asawa as an artist--from the horror of Pearl Harbor to her transformative education at Black Mountain College to building her life in San Francisco, where she would further develop and refine her groundbreaking wire sculptures"
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Kirby's lessons for falling (in love)
by Laura Gao
After Kirby Tan breaks her arm at the rock-climbing invitationals she joins the newspaper club, where she meets and falls for astrology-obsessed Bex and then struggles to balance her queer identity with her obligations to family and community. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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