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A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

good-indian-wifeNeel is a handsome young doctor arriving at the family home in India to visit his ill grandfather. Back in his chosen home of San Francisco, he's got a gorgeous white girlfriend and his anesthesiologist career...

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

white-tigerAs horrible as some of the images are in this 2008 Booker Prize-winning debut novel, you can't help but chuckle just a little bit at some of the impossible shenanigans of its self-made unapologetic...

AIDS Sutra: Hidden Stories from India edited by Negar Akhavi [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Indian, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

aids-sutraA harrowing anthology, comprised of 16 essays by some of the best writers of the international Indian diaspora, vividly explores the ravages of a too-fast growing AIDS community across India. Nikita Lalwani writes about a kind,...

I Live Here by Mia Kirschner, J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Thai, Young Adult Readers

i-live-hereA genre-defying four-book documentary that captures the raw lives of refugees surviving war in Chechnya, the deadly sex-trade along the Burma/Thai border, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. Sometimes, the jaw just drops in utterly...

The Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Canadian, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Translation

burma-chroniclesWith amazingly effective simplicity, artist Guy Delisle takes you to Burma through an ex-pat’s perspective. He arrives with his wife, a Médecins San Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) aid worker, shortly after the devastating...

Who Discovered America? by Valerie Wyatt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

who-discovered-america

Of course, there's no simple answer for who really discovered America. With lively humor and cartoon fun, Wyatt examines all the other explorers – Portuguese, Chinese, Norse, maybe even the Irish! – who reached American...

Come Look with Me: Asian Art by Kimberly Lane [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian, Repost

come-look-with-me-asian-artHere's the 12th title of Charlesbridge Publishing's wonderfully inclusive Come Look with Me art series for the youngest of children. It's a fun, interactive kids’-level guide with suggestions for interpreting 12 diverse pieces of...

The White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi, illustrated by Ned Gannon [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Arab American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost

white-nights-of-ramadanA Muslim family prepares for the fasting holiday of the month of Ramadan. Noor and her two brothers especially look forward to Girgian, a three-day festival that marks the half-way point of the holy month....

Grandfather’s Story Cloth by Linda Gerdner and Sarah Langford, illustrated by Stuart Loughridge [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hmong, Hmong American, Repost

grandfathers-story-clothChersheng, a young Hmong American boy, feels helpless and frustrated as his Alzheimer’s-challenged grandfather begins to forget more and more. His mother shows him his grandfather's story cloth, a traditional Hmong art form that captures...

Bird by Zetta Elliot, illustrated by Shadra Strickland [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost

birdAn artistically gifted young boy realizes too early in his short life that fixing what he doesn't like in his pictures is much easier than trying to change what he doesn't understand about real life. He...

Minn & Jake’s Almost Terrible Summer by Janet S. Wong, illustrated by Geneviève Côté [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Written in sparse free verse, Janet Wong perceptively captures the elliptical communication of two best friends – caught in that nebulous zone of preteen angst – whose summer starts off...

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls1When Alvin Ho gets scared, he can’t seem to talk ...

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein, art by Ed Young [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese, Repost

wabi-sabiLittle Wabi Sabi, a lovely kitty living in Kyoto, Japan, has a very special name ...

Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow, illustrated by Helen Cann [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Chinese, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

little-leap-forwardBased on the real-life experiences of author Guo, this beautifully illustrated thin volume captures the seven-year-old life of Little Leap Forward in 1966 Beijing. Playing by the riverbank one day, Little Leap Forward's best friend Little...

Alicia Afterimage by Lulu Delacre [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

alicia-afterimageA mourning mother remembers the brief life of her vibrant 16-year-old daughter who was tragically killed in a car crash. She gathers the voices of her daughter’s friends and schoolmates through snippets of shared memories to...

I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina García [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Cuban American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

i-wanna-be-your-shoeboxEighth-grader Yumi Ruíz-Hirsch, a Japanese/Cuban/Jewish American hapa, has a life as complicated as her heritage. Her no-nonsense mother's got a new boyfriend. Her rock-'n-roll songwriter father hasn't outgrown adolescence. Her friends all seem to be going...

Dragon Road by Laurence Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

dragon-roadIn the latest of Laurence Yep's Golden Mountain Chronicles, longtime buddies Cal and Barney are looking for a way out of San Francisco's Chinatown in 1939. An invitation to join an all-Chinese American basketball...

Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

outside-beautyHelen Kimura has survived and thrived by using her irresistable beauty to get exactly what she wants. Steely and independent, she's never succumbed to anyone else's expectations but her own. Her four daughters by four different...

Indie Girl by Kavita Daswani [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

indie-girlEthnic chick-lit favorite Kavita Daswani makes her young adult debut with a fun, breezy read starring one Indie Konkipuddi, a 15-year-old style-queen-in-the-making. While her neurosurgeon father can't understand why she would take a weekend...

Slant by Laura E. Williams [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

slantFor years, 13-year-old Korean adoptee Lauren has endured the usual racial taunts for looking so different amidst her homogeneous fellow students in suburban Connecticut. Her popular and fearless best friend has done a far better job...

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Welcome to BookDragon, filled with titles for the diverse reader. BookDragon is a new media initiative of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC), and serves as a forum for those interested in learning more about the Asian Pacific American experience through literature. BookDragon is inhabited by Terry Hong.

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