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T4: A Novel by Ann Clare LeZotte

09 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in European, Fiction, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

In just over a hundred pages of sparse, haunting verse, LeZotte illuminates a part of the Holocaust tragedy that takes up little shelf space in libraries today: the organized mass murder of mentally ill and physically challenged people, as well as the massacre of European...

Tofu Quilt by Ching Yeung Russell

16 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Chinese American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Based on the Ching Yeung Russell's own path toward becoming a writer, Tofu Quilt is one delicious free-verse memoir. In the summer before she starts kindergarten, Yeung Ying is a rambunctious young child who cannot sit still, but can effortlessly recite the difficult classical poems...

Brushing Mom’s Hair by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Nicole Wong

10 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Through a collection of sparse free verse, Cheng captures a family in crisis. Ann, not yet 15, can't tell her friends that her mother just lost her breasts to cancer. But everyone seems to know already, asking after her mother and bringing chili with beans...

all the broken pieces: a novel in verse by Ann E. Burg

06 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

Not only will you be unable to put this down, you'll have to be careful to remember to breathe while reading this unforgettable debut novel written entirely in free verse. By age 10, Matt Pin has already had a harrowing life as a child of...

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

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center 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...

Sold by Patricia McCormick

20 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Nepali, Nonethnic-specific, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Although her family is extremely poor, 13-year-old Lakshmi’s young life in a mountainous village in Nepal is not without moments of great joy and comfort. But then the monsoons arrive, leaving behind only destruction and...

Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Chun Yu [in AsianWeek]

31 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Little Green“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...

Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse by Vikram Seth [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

02 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Indian American, Nonethnic-specific, Poetry, Repost, South Asian American, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Golden GateA novel written entirely in verse, about the machinations of love in the modern age. John’s lonely, so Jan secretly runs a personal ad on his behalf. John finds Liz. Recently divorced Phil ends...

Picture Bride by Cathy Song [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Hawaiian, Korean American, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Picture BrideCathy Song, 1982 winner of the prestigious Yale Series of Younger Poets, divides her debut collection into five sections, each named after flowers. Song draws inspiration from the works of 19th-century Japanese...

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