Molly By Any Other Name by Jean Davies Okimoto [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
03 Mar, by in Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers
At 17, Molly Jane Fletcher begins to question who she really is. Lovingly raised, she’s always known she was adopted. With her Asian face, she knows she doesn't...
As the only daughter in a traditional Chinese American household, 16-year-old April Chen feels responsible for her grandmother, a strong, manipulative woman. But April will soon be leaving...
Determined to become an artist, young Sei Koichi convinces the famous cartoonist Noro Shinpei to take him on as an apprentice. Under Sensei’s (Japanese for "teacher") nurturing tutelage, he receives a new name, Kiyoi,...
Nine-year-old Yingtao Yang has just moved with his family from China to Seattle. As he adjusts to his new American life – making friends and discovering baseball – he struggles daily with...
Yingmei Yang wants to "be American." She’s changed her name to Mary, keeps a notebook of American slang, and tries her best to make friends at school. But she realizes that fitting...
At 15, young Megumi is left behind to live with her cold father and difficult grandmother when her desperately unhappy mother suddenly leaves the family. In Japan, tradition dictates that children must remain with...
When her mother suddenly commits suicide, 12-year-old Yuki is left behind to try and piece her life back together. Living with an aloof father and an uncaring stepmother, Yuki must learn to rely on...
Gay-Neck, an especially talented pigeon, is the pride of his owner, a young Indian boy from Calcutta. The bird spends a summer in the Himalayan mountains, honing his skills, and eventually proves to be a hero...
Alice Larsen is a popular seventh-grade cheerleader. Then Yoon Jun Lee arrives from Korea, and Alice’s father wants her to be his friend. Although...
It’s senior year in high school and Ellen understandably wants to spend time with her friends, but her parents expect her to study even more she can get into Harvard. Ellen must...
Ellen has left her small hometown for Harvard University, where she becomes good friends with her African American roommate and finds new friends among the Korean American students. She comes face-to-face with the reality...
Shirley Temple Wong, with her new American name, arrives in her new American home. But making friends proves difficult. She...
Stella Kim can’t understand how Eileen, once her best friend, can now be so mean-spirited. Stella’s other friend Rachel doesn’t understand why Stella won’t speak up for herself. Little by little, Stella finds her own unique...
Naomi is just a little girl when World War II scatters her Japanese Canadian family. Separated from their parents, Naomi and her older brother Stephen are relocated far from their home in the care...
A group of lyrical, interrelated shorts stories about multi-generations of the Kim family, who begin their American lives in the Korean camp section of a Hawaiian sugarcane plantation in the early 1900s. As the...
A collection of 10 short works about young Asian Americans coming of age, coming to terms with an identity comprised of two very different cultures. Stories range from a young Chinese American girl obsessed...
A collection of short stories, poetry, and play excerpts from both established and new Asian American writers, about growing up Asian American. Caught between two cultures, the young voices of this collection ask,...
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Sookan, the protagonist from 
Ten-year-old Sookan witnesses first-hand the cruel Japanese occupation of her Korean homeland. But the eventual defeat of the Japanese military is followed by only a brief respite, before the Korean...