The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she?Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So in...

It's the Chinese Year of the Dog, and as Pacy celebrates with her family, she finds out that this is the year she is supposed to 'find herself.' Universal themes of friendship, family, and finding one's life passions make this novel a...

When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland. Reprint. Reading Rainbow. PW. AB.

When Helen's grandfather, Gong Gong, comes from China to live with her family, he's shocked to find that none of his grandchildren speak Chinese. How will he communicate with them? At first he keeps to himself. Then one day he joins H...

From master storyteller An Na comes the Printz Award–winning novel about a Korean girl who tells her firsthand account of trying to find her place and identity in America from the day she leaves Korea as a child to her rocky journey...

It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself a...

Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series that the New York Times Book Reviewhails as “delightful and heartwarming.” It’s summer on 141st Street, and the Vander...

Moon Shadow is eight when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco's Chinatown and works in a laundry. Moon Shadow has never seen him. Moon Shadow soon loves and respects this ...

This book fills a great need in describing the cruel treatment inflicted upon Japanese-Americans during World War II by their fellow Americans.'--School Library Journal. Uchida is the author of the critically acclaimed Japanese-Americ...

A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.

Illus. in full color. Ling Sung dreads going to school. There are too manythings the other kids can do that he can't. When he discovers everyone admireshis ability to use chopsticks, Ling Sung is empowered. 'Ashley's point, thatall c...

Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Ka...

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run ...

Dear Jamshed,American is not so different from what we thought. I told you I wouldn't see a single cowboy riding across the plain, and I haven't.I have not even seen a plain.Still there are some silver linings. They are:1. Trapper and...

A young girl from Thailand finds that there are many shades to being American in this poignant story about longing to belong. In Thailand she was named Oy, but here in America the teachers call her Olivia. Other things are not so e...

An ingenious simplicity and grace mark the first-person telling of the story of eleven-year-old Rinko and her Japanese family in Berkeley, California. Times are hard for everyone in 1935, but being Japanese is for Rinko an added burde...

Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things really are. But as the parade passes by and firewo...

Over the years the earth has moved many times under San Francisco. But it has been thirty-eight years since the last strong earthquake. People have forgotten how bad it can be. But soon they will remember. Based on actual events of...

Trying to become completely American despite her family's equal determination to stick to Chinese customs, Yingmei Yang hopes to befriend popular Holly Hanson by adopting one of Holly's new kittens. Reprint. AB. H. VY.

The youngest child in a talented musical family, Yingtao is afraid that his screeching violin will ruin the family recital, and he dreams of telling his family about something he likes better than music. Reprint. C. PW. H. AB. S...

This New Year, the Year of the Dragon, something magical happens. A young girl's grandmother tells her about dragons, and suddenly she finds herself on a dragon's back soaring over ancient China. Bright, colorful illustrations complem...

In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated. When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My S...

It's summer time and twelve-year old Anna Wang  is writing letters and exchanging English for Chinese lessons with her pen pal Fan in China. When Anna and her friend Andee decide to invite Fan to stay as an exchange student  in Cin...

“I haven't read anything that has moved me this much since Wonder.”—Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright PlacesA space-obsessed boy and his dog, Carl Sagan, take a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe in this funny ...

In this fresh adventure in the New York Times bestselling series about the beloved Vanderbeeker family, a surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger siblings try to keep their family from ever facing change. The popular Harlem f...

Yoomi loves Grandma\'s cooking—except for stinky, spicy kimchi, the pickled cabbage condiment served at Korean meals.\r\n  \r\n \"You can\'t eat it because you\'re a baby,\" her brothers tease. And they don\'t play with bab...

One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian. On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" b...

It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sisters, and Arun wishes he had a sister with whom to celebrate. Soon it looks as if his wish will come true. His parents are going to adopt a baby girl named Asha. She is coming a...

Fresh off the Boatmeets Junie B. Jones in this adorable chapter book series following Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl—in this sixth novel, Mindy enters a delicious pizza competition! Mindy Kim loves food—from her...

Fresh off the Boatmeets Junie B. Jones in this third novel in an adorable chapter book series about Mindy Kim, a young Asian American girl who wants a puppy for her birthday All Mindy Kim has ever wanted is a puppy of her very own. ...