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• I Dream of Popo

  Blackburne, Livia

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  When a young girl and her family emigrate from Taiwan to America, she leaves behind her beloved popo, her grandmother. She misses her popo every day, but even if their visits are fleeting, their love is ever true and strong.

• Laxmi's Mooch

  Anand, Shelly

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  After Laxmi's friend Zoe points out the hairs on her lip, Laxmi is very self-conscious until her East Indian parents help her to accept and celebrate her appearance.

• We Are Not Free

  Chee, Traci

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  For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Superman Smashes the Klan

  the Graphic Novel

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  When Dr. Lee moves his family to Metropolis, his son Tommy adjusts to the new neighborhood while daugher Roberta feels out of place, so when the evil Klan of the Fiery Cross begins a string of terrorist attacks on the city, Superman fights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brother's Keeper

  Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer)

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  Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950.

• Frankly In Love

  Yoon, David,

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  One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents. Frank barely speaks any…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prairie Lotus

  Park, Linda Sue,

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  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.

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.

• Other Words for Home

  Warga, Jasmine

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  Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.

• A Different Pond

  Phi, Bao, 1975-

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  As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. A successful catch…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh

  Kelkar, Supriya, 1980-

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  Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from pink for dancing to bhangra beats to red for courage. He especially takes care with his patka--his turban--smoothing it out and making sure it always matches his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wicked Fox

  Cho, Kat

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  After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.

• Patron Saints of Nothing

  Ribay, Randy

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  When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more.

• The Night Diary

  Hiranandani, Veera

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  Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Name Jar

  Choi, Yangsook

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  After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.

• Anna K

  a Love Story

  Lee, Jenny, 1971-

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  Seventeen-year-old Anna K, who is half-Korean and half-white, sits at the center of her elite Connecticut private high school social scene. Though she loves her Harvard boyfriend, an encounter with the handsome Count Alexia Vronsky in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Place at the Table

  Faruqi, Saadia

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  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.

• Dragon Hoops

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Super Fake Love Song

  Yoon, David

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  When new-girl Cirrus mistakes self-described nerd Sunny Dae as the lead in a rock band, Sunny rolls with it forming a fake band with his friends, but as the lies continue he risks losing both Cirrus and his friends.

• The Comeback

  Shen, E. L.

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  Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.