Boston Public Library Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Booklist | 2021 Trung Le Nguyen Pramila Jayapal oi apie a eenmene ' C Pam Zhang PO gs Cathy Park Hong N Meredi=t hz e Ta~l usan fold John Tat|e ishi : bpl.org = 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 Ginger and Chrysanthemum _ PICTURE BOOKS Kristen Mai Giang (illustrated by Shirley Chan) Ginger is warm and impulsive, while Chrysanthemum is cool and collected. Amy Wu and the Hijinks ensue when the two must pair up Patchwork Dragon | to create a cake for Grandma's birthday! Kat Zhang J PICTURE GIANG K In this vibrant follow-up to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao, Amy returns with the goal of drawing the perfect dragon for How to Solve a Problem: her class. After her class focuses only on The Rise (and Falls) of a Western-style dragons, Amy introduces them to Asian dragons and dragon » Rock-Climbing costumes used during Chinese New Year. ») Champion J PICTURE ZHANG K __\ Ashima Shiraishi sexe (illustrated by Yao Xiao) A Maite Ape climber offers an Danbi Leads the School Parade _ interesting perspective on problem- solving by way of describing her Anna Kim approach to rock climbing. Nervous readers will be reassured by this story of a young girl overcoming J PICTURE SHIRAISH A the anxiety of her first day in a new school. The whimsical illustrations capture the story's energy as Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum _ Danbi and her classmates are Natasha Yim (illustrated by Violet Kim) swept up in a musical parade. In this playful picture book, dinner J PICTURE KIM A at a dim sum restaurant becomes an opportunity to introduce math concepts like division and fractions. Om Finding Om J PICTURE YIMN Mi. Rashmi S. Bismark § (illustrated by Morgan Huff) | The Most =’. Children can learn about —s meditation and mindfulness Beautiful Thing fone ini curious Anu as her beloved and patient grandfather Appuppa teaches her about the mantra “Om.” Sea Vv | This moving illustrated J PICTURE BISMARK R memoir centers on the values that the author has learned from her grandmother's experiences and stories. J BIOG JV6475 Y36 2020 ))) EWElit-]®)(-w-by Jae 16 (el( 0s)f ele)¢ a EWeelif-leliceshylanai stele) 4 = graphic novel The Dragon Egg Princess HA wesF ay Ohana Means Family Ellen Oh llima Loomis Jiho has no interest in carrying on his (illustrated by Kenard Pak) family's duty of protecting an enchanted Through vivid illustrations forest called Kidahara, the same forest and cumulative verse perfect for a read- his father disappeared into five years aloud, young readers can follow along ago. When an evil lurking deeper within with the process of making poi for a Iu’‘au. the Kidahara starts to awaken, will Jiho J PICTURE LOOMIS | join forces with other unlikely heroes to save the forest and the world? J SCIFI FANTASY OH E CHAPTER BOOKS Girl Giant and the Monkey King = Any Day with You _ } Van Hoang Mae Respicio Super strength is Thom © When Kaia learns that her | Ngho’'s super secret } Tatang (great-grandfather) E until she moves from * will be accompanying a California to Georgia her older sister back at thee eerasey Monkey King pays = to the Philippines in her a visit. As Thom’s adventures blur the fall,s he wants to make sure they between the real world and Vietnamese get a grand send-off. Kaia becomes folklore, she realizes that the strength determined to win a short film contest she tries to hide at school is the same and applies for Tatang to receive the superpower that has made her a hero. congressional Medal of Honor. J SCIFI FANTASY HOANG V J FICTION RESPICIO M Measuring Up Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Stars Lily LaMotte (illustrated by Ann Xu) Who Made America Amazing _ When 12-year-old Cici’s family Phil Amara & Oliver Chin immigrates to Seattle, she fights to (illustrated by Juan Calle) maintain her connection to her culture, her friends, and her grandmother back in This collective biography of Asian Taiwan. Winning a cooking competition American trailblazers pairs dynamic could become an opportunity to bring her illustrations with the stories of men and A-ma over for her 70" birthday—but can women from all walks of life who have Cici learn to cook outside her comfort made groundbreaking discoveries and zone? With mouth-watering illustrations, top accomplishments in their fields. this graphic novel is hard to put down. J BIOG E184.A75 A47 2020 J GRAPHIC MEASURIN UP Prairie Lotus Linda Sue Park Three Keys) It's 1880, and Hanna is looking for Kelly Yang a new start in the Dakota territories In the sequel to the with her father after her mother's award-winning Front death. The discrimination that the Desk, Mia's family is on half-white, half-Chinese Hanna faces -aconstant grind to make is tempered by her encounters with | ends meet in their motel in women from the local I|hanktonwan California. With an election and a racist community. For readers looking for a fresh bill looming overhead, aspiring writer perspective on the pioneers’ journey. Mia and her friends set out to interrogate J FICTION PARK L discrimination—and grapple with living in a country stacked against them. J FICTION YANG K Stand Up, Yumi Chung! (] 9) When You Trap a Tiger Jessica Kim Tae Keller A self-described #shygirl eee who Struggles to fit in After Lily's family moves in with Mat school and at home, her grandmother, she is shocked Yumi finds herself in the spotlight when a magical tiger appears and when she mistakenly ends up at her offers her an ultimatum. Could the favorite YouTuber’s comedy camp. folktales she listened to as a child be real? This Newbery Medal winner J FICTION KIM J expertly weaves Korean folklore into a thoughtful coming-of-age story. J FICTION KELLER T A Thousand Questions © Saadia Farugi When Mimi and her mother leave Texas A Wish in the Dark _/ in order to stay with Mimi's wealthy grandparents in Pakistan, her initial Christina Soontornvat encounters with the daughter of the This Thai-inspired fantasy novel centers family’s cook are rocky. But Sakina on Pong, a Namwon Prison refugee needs English conversation practice who has escaped into a city of magical and Mimi needs a guide to Karachi. Can lights. When Nok, the prison warden’s these two unlikely friends team up to daughter, tries to hunt him down, help each other achieve their goals? she learns dark truths about the city and the injustices its people face. J FICTION FARUQIS J SCIFI FANTASY SOONTORN C 1)) available as an audiobook a available as an eBook 32 graphic novel The Iron WillofGenieLo > F.C. Yee TEEN In the follow-up to The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, Genie must balance her mundane life as an aspiring college student with her duties as the Heaven- appointed Guardian of California. Almost American Girl TEEN SCIFI FANTASY YEE F Robin Ha Growing up as the only child of a single Loveboat, Taipei mother in Seoul wasn't always easy, but Robin and her mom have always Abigail Hing Wen stuck together. When a vacation to When her parents send her to visit Alabama unexpectedly becomes Taipei for an immersion program, a permanent relocation, however, Ever Wong is shocked to discover Robin's life changes overnight. that instead of the strict education TEEN GRAPHIC ALMOST program she expected, “Loveboat” is AMERICAN GIRL an opportunity to hook up and party while the adults turn a blind eye. TEEN FICTION WENA Displacement. Kiku Hughes The Magic Fish Modern-day teen Kiku comes to a better understanding of history and her Trung Le Nguyen family heritage when she finds herself In this beautifully illustrated, semi- repeatedly thrown back in time to join her autobiographical graphic novel, a young grandmother Ernestina in the Japanese boy struggles with coming out to his internment camps of the 1940s. parents. Can the fairy tales he checks out TEEN GRAPHIC DISPLACE from the library and reads with his mother help bridge the gap between them? TEEN GRAPHIC MAGIC FISH 'IlBethe One OA wi Lee When plus-size Skye Shin __ More Than Just Beapultions for a televised 1 aPrettyFace WER A, she’s determined to I syed M. Masood make it all the way and Academics aren't aspiring prove that fat girls really can dance, "} chef Danyal's strong no matter what her mother says. suit, but to impress his TEEN FICTION LEE L crush and fer disapproving family), he'll do whatever it takes—even recruit the help of the girl his parents tried to arrange his marriage with. TEEN FICTION MASOOD S My Heart Underwater MEMOIR Laurel Flores Fantauzzo When she's caught kissing her English teacher, 17-year-old Corazon is swiftly dispatched to stay with her half-brother in the Philippines, where she discovers 3 The Baddest UE truths about herself, her family, and BADDEST inthe Room | their country that she’s never known. =B iS: Sophia Chang TEEN FICTION FANTAUZZ L INA ROOM Chang recounts her success as a woman of color in the } male-dominated music This Is My Brainin Love industry and explores her experiences in I.W. Gregorio marriage, motherhood, and martial arts. Jocelyn Wu is determined to save her BIOG ML429.C448 A3 2020x family's restaurant with the help of her sweet, anxious classmate and coworker Will Domenici. But soon the stress of Everything Is Beautiful, their mission, and their new relationship, and I'm Not Afraid = begins to take a toll on her mental health. Yao Xiao TEEN FICTION GREGORIO | In this collection of autobiographical comic vignettes starring a fictional protagonist, Baopu, Xiao muses on the challenges and triumphs of life as a queer Chinese immigrant in America. GRAPHIC EVERYTHI IS BEAUTIFUL = presents the varying, ‘} sometimes harrowing, =-__ | Fairest (] ») circumstances of 14 | | _M eredith Talusan Nisei Satins from San Francisco's Japantown in the aftermath of the Pearl * Talusan explores the ht challenges of negotiating Harbor bombing, in styles ranging from letters to diaries to poetry to art. TEEN FICTION CHEE T in Re:c oming-of-age memorfr. BIOG HQ77.8.136 A3 2020 1)) available as an audiobook | E Weel f-le)(=3- yee]g ia)s tele)< 4 ee graphic novel Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Missed Translations: Meeting Mother, an American Daughter the Immigrant Parents Lan Cao (with Harlan Margaret Van Cao) Who Raised Me Novelist and law professor Cao Sopan Deb teams up with her daughter in a dual- Reporter and comedian Deb brings perspective memoir that depicts both both humor and a journalistic approach the lingering trauma of Cao’s flight to his memoir of reconnecting as from Vietnam as a 13-year-old, and the an adult with his estranged parents, enduring strength of her relationship discovering in the process aspects with her own teenage daughter. of their lives he had never known. BIOG PS3553.A5823 246 2020 BIOG PN4874.D393 A3 2020x The Groom Will Keep See No Stranger: A Memoir and His Name: And Other Manifesto of Revolutionary Love Vows I've Made About Valarie Kaur Race, Resistance, and Kaur, a Sikh activist, filmmaker, and Romance civil rights lawyer, draws on her own experiences and beliefs to develop Matt Ortile a practice of loving others. In his debut collection of essays BF575.L8 K37 2020 about sex, identity, and more, Ortile (the founding editor of BuzzFeed Philippines) reflects on the stories he told himself on his way to ~ Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's achieving self-love and fulfillment. ~ Memoir of Great Books, BIOG HQ75.8.073 A3 2020 Punk Rock, and the Fight toFitIn | Phuc Tran the Magical The Magical Language LOathnegrusa ge of of Others Tran and his family leave ine fall of Saigon behind to relocate E.J. Koh to the suburban Pennsylvania of Inspired by the discovery 1975. Faced with both the challenges ou § of letters her mother of immigration and adolescence, he wrote her after relocating navigates his new reality with the help of to Seoul and leaving a punk rock music and classic literature. orare Koh and her brother behind BIOG F159.C2 T73 2020 in California, the author reflects on the experiences of her mother, grandmothers, and her own journey. BIOG PS3611.03659 246 2020 Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change _ Pramila Jayapal The Galleons | The first Indian American woman in Rick Barot the U.S. House of Representatives, These lyric poems, engaged in the work Jayapal describes her path to of recovery, examine the immigrant Congress and her history of turning journey of Barot's Filipino American activism into public policy. family and their place in a larger history E901.1.J29 A3 2020 of America and the world, making visible what is often kept hidden. PS3602.A835 A6 2020 EXPRESSIONS i@8 Habitat Threshold 4 Craig Santos Perez & §6This unique collection 2a) Chinatown Pretty: _of ecopoetry explores Fashion and Wisdom R= Perez's heritage as a from Chinatown's Most | native Pacific Islander. Stylish Seniors _ ‘in The poems examine the econeee| plight of his homeland - Andria Lo & Valerie Luu and offer hope for a sustainable Soniihag ae poh pohs and gung gungs in future steered by love and care. Chinatowns from Vancouver to New York, PS3619.A598 H33 2020 Chinatown Pretty captures the fabulous street style and inspirational life wisdom of senior citizens across the continent. Letters to a Young Brown Girl TR681.A75 L6 2020 Barbara Jane Reyes As a Filipino American immigrant A Feast of Serendib of color, Reyes is constantly visible and constantly seen. In this poetry Mary Anne Mohanraj collection, she writes with language Mohanraj offers readers a glimpse into both beautiful and raw to find strength, Sri Lanka's multi-ethnic culture and beauty, and even grace amidst her culinary history along with an invitation rage as she demands to be heard. to sit at her table and share milk, rice PS3618.E938 L48 2020 and pol sambol, paruppu and crab curry, and of course, lots of chai. TX724.5.S72 M65 2020 — eeeernemee MINOR Minor Feelings: P™=4 Some Are FEELINGS An Asian American = Always Hungry = Sol Reckoning SémeAre Jihyun Yun AE ASIAN AMERICAN RECKORING Always HungP , CATHY PARK Cathy Park Hong pape | book that is part HONG Poet and essayist Hong agt,. recipe, part dinner table seamlessly blends poem, and part family memoir, cultural criticism, and history history, Yun memorializes her family’s to unearth important truths about wartime survival and immigration racial consciousness in America. journey through the lens of food. This collection is funny, raw, and PS3625.U526 S66 2020 provocative—and it will change the way you think about our world. BIOG E184.A75 H64 2020x Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color The Nom Wah Cookbook: and Colorism Recipes and Stories from 100 Nikki Khanna (editor) Years at New York City’s Iconic Addressing light-skin Dim Sum Restaurant privilege, aspirational whiteness, anti-blackness, and Wilson Tang & Joshua David Stein other topics, 30 Asian American The owner of NYC's iconic Nom Wah Tea women recount their experiences Parlor gifts readers with 75 accessible with skin color bias and their efforts dim sum recipes ranging from bao to challenge beauty standards. to vegetables, noodles to desserts, E184.A75 K495 2020 along with the stories behind them. TX724.5.C5 1365 2020 Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New Obit — York's Favorite Noodle Shop _ OBIT Victoria Chang Jason Wang (with Jessica K. Chou) As she grapples with the Wang offers a perfect blend of recipes VICTORIA CHANG devastating loss of her for the famous dishes that fans adore mother and subsequent and an exploration of the delicious grief, Chang writes poetic cuisine and culture of Xi‘an. obituaries for the many TX724.5.C5 W3255 2020x casualties of death, and in doing so reimagines what it means to live. PS3603.H3575 O25 2020 »)) available as an audiobook a} available as an eBook ae graphic novel Our Voices, Our Histories: NONFICTION Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Shirley Hune & Forever Struggle: Activism, Gail M. Nomura (editors) Identity, and Survival in Boston's This Own Voices collection features 35 authors’ explorations of the Chinatown, 1880-2018 historical and current experiences Michael Liu and perspectives of Asian American A lifelong activist and scholar of Boston's and Pacific Islander women in the Chinatown traces its emergence during United States and around the world. a time of immigration and xenophobia E184.A75 H895 2019 to its more recent battles against land- grabs by commercial developers, outside institutions, and public authorities. Prisoner of Wars: A Hmong R/S9 Gh too 2020 Fighter Pilot's Story of Escaping Death and Confronting Life Chia Youyee Vang Of Color: Essays | (with Pao Yang) Jaswinder Bolina This oral history, recounted by Yang An award-winning poet's to Dr. Vang, traces the author's first essay collection experiences of imprisonment, trauma, presents a unique portrayal and freedom following his service of the present-day as a ClA-trained Hmong airman United States, exploring immigration, during the Secret War in Laos. assimilation, class, microaggressions, and BIOG UG626.2.Y365 V36 2021 being branded as “other” by the nation and language to which he belongs. PS3602.06538 Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: American Reparations _ The Epic Struggle Over American John Tateishi Immigration, 1924-1965 mee A former leader of the Jia Lynn Yang Japanese American Citizens League's A broad narrative history with relevance Redress Committee recounts the for today’s debates, this account of struggle to obtain an official apology the 20*-century struggle to reform and compensation for the incarceration immigration laws is framed by the of more than 100,000 Japanese story of the author's own family’s Americans during World War Il. immigration to the United States. D769.8.A6 T1383 2020 JV6455 Y34 2020