Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo [in AsianWeek]
30 Jun, by in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
I can only hope that the majority of APA adolescent boys are nothing like Nick Park – the lone Asian American in a Connecticut suburb, convinced that his Korean American-ness is what...
Somehow missed this title earlier, even as it won the 2004 Paul Zindel First Novel Award. While the story is familiar – a young girl moves from a loving home filled with extended family...
A heartbreakingly inspirational book about a young girl in a tiny rural Chinese village who desperately wants an education, and the love and gratitude she feels for her parents –...
Welcome to the fabulous world of the Bindi Babes, otherwise known as the dynamic Dhillon sisters, Amber, Jazz, and Geena. In the first installment of the trilogy, Bindi Babes, they manage to...
Confession time: I was ready to hate these – those names, for heaven’s sake! But how entertaining – and empowering – to have a hapa Chinese American girl, Agatha Wong, and her...
Vicenza, 14, is F.O.P. – fresh off the plane – from the Philippines where she was undoubtedly the belle of ball. Now a financially challenged immigrant in San Francisco who’s...
The Best Wake-Up Call of All: Cynthia Kadohata's Kira-Kira Wins 2005 Newbery
Calls coming in at 4:26 a.m. don’t usually make people jump up and down and scream for joy. But Cynthia Kadohata, still half-asleep in her...
“And this is how I remember it,” Chun Yu opens her memoir, written in narrative poetry. While her language is spare, her simple words paint evocative pictures of growing up. Stories of her separated...
What’s a slumber party without special, cool things to do? This little handbook adds pizzazz to your overnight girlfriend fun – from spa treatments to crafts to cooking to playing games to...
A beautifully rendered, haunting autobiographical story about a young boy coming of age during China’s Cultural Revolution, a time marked with incomprehensible, dangerous, chaotic change. Absolutely breathtaking.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/asianweek-2005-02-25-new-and-notable.pdf"...
As the only South Asian in her middle school, Maya knows all about being different in her tiny Canadian town. She doesn’t speak Bengali, she’s at that awkward stage of pimples and endless limbs,...
An award-winning writer, activist, musician, and professor, Julian Lester uses his own personal story as an African American to engage young readers in exploring what makes each of us unique...
This boxed set, complete with an easy-to-follow how-to booklet and 60 sheets of origami paper in perfect holiday colors, is the ideal gift for children of any age – the big ones included!
Review: <a...
A young adult tale about a unique bookstore where a mysterious host urges a motley group of neighborhood kids to choose the adventure behind one of three doors. While the premise is somewhat promising...
A touching, slim coming-of-age novel about young Maya who travels one summer to Chennai, India, with her mother. Both mother and daughter are still stinging from a year-old divorce. There in the folds of...
A sweet collection of 101 tips from the creators of the best-selling American Girl series on how all girls – the pictures are very inclusive! – can feel their best about themselves.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/asianweek-2004-10-28-new-and-notable.pdf"...
In mid-15th-century Japan, Koji, half of a set of identical twins, has the chance to rise above his social status as a farmer’s son and become the apprentice to a revered dye maker. But...
The Monkey King, one of the most popular figures in Chinese folklore, returns to entertain young children with his boastful, talented, ingenious, entertaining adventures. “Today, I am introducing our wonderful Monkey King...