Hook by Ed Young
18 Jun, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction
The Caldecott Medalist Ed Young does it again ...
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Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa, illustrated by Ed Young
16 Jun, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American
High atop a mountain lives a wealthy, wise, kind old man everyone calls Ojiisan, which means 'grandfather' in Japanese. While the rest of the village gathers to celebrate the annual rice ceremony, Ojiisan chooses to stay home, feeling something is not quite right. His prescience...
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Lin Wang
01 Jun, by in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Korean American, Nonfiction
A fabulous biography for the youngest readers about the first-ever bonafide Asian American superstar. And what a figure she was ...
Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon
05 May, by in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Young Adult Readers
Debut novelist Cindy Pon undoubtedly knows how to tell a story: Silver Phoenix is an exciting tale about a village teenager in ancient China who escapes a potential marriage with the over-wived town lech and goes on a great adventure through magical worlds to rescue her beloved...
Johnny Hiro {half asian, all hero} by Fred Chao, with greytones by Dylan Babb and letters and edits by Jesse Post
19 Apr, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American, Young Adult Readers
The peaceful slumber of Johnny Hiro and girlfriend Mayumi Murakami in their rent-controlled (run-down) New York City apartment, is rudely interrupted by Gozadilla (that extra 'a' is not a typo), who couldn't make it as a killer monster in Tokyo so has come to New...
Ash by Malindo Lo
19 Apr, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers
The good news is you will probably find Malindo Lo's young adult debut hard to put down. The bad news is that you will probably find it hard to find at all. At least for awhile ...
The Great Call of China by Cynthea Liu
08 Apr, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers
Born in China and raised by loving adoptive parents in Dallas, teenager Cece Charles is on her way to China for a summer anthropology program in Xi’an, home of the legendary terra-cotta warriors. But in addition to seeking potential college credits, Cece is determined to...
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
08 Apr, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American
When he deliberately decides he is his own man at age 13, Chinese American Henry Lee pledges to wait forever for Japanese American Keiko Okabe, who is one of the 120,000 innocent Americans of Japanese ancestry imprisoned during World War II. Beyond U.S. borders, war...
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li [in Bloomsbury Review]
06 Apr, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
Full disclosure: this is one of the most heartbreaking books you’ll probably ever read. But read it you should. A young woman – a political victim of post-Mao China – is about to die. While her voice remains missing throughout the novel, the many residents of...
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin [in Bloomsbury Review]
22 Mar, by in Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Spunky and independent Minli can't bear to see her parents leading such harsh lives, especially her mother who is so discontented with the family's poverty that she can't even enjoy the glorious stories Minli's father regularly tells her. Minli is determined to change her family's...
The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim [in Bloomsbury Review]
13 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Korean American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers
From two of the most successful names in contemporary graphic novels – Gene Luen Yang, whose multi-award-winning American Born Chinese was the first-ever graphic novel to be a finalist for the National Book Award, and Derek Kirk Kim, the equally multi-award-winning author of groundbreaking Same Difference and...
Auntie Tiger by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Insu Lee
01 Jan, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction
When two bickering sisters are left alone by their mother, she reminds Big Sister she must take care of Little Sister and Little Sister must listen to Big Sister. No sooner does she leave when Auntie Tiger knocks on the door. When the sisters don't...
Lucky New Year by Mary Man-Kong, illustrated by Chi Chung
09 Dec, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction
Lenny and Lili get ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year with their family, clearing out last year's dirt and welcoming the sweetness of the new. They'll have long noodles for long...
Steer Toward Rock by Fae Myenne Ng [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
Some 15 years after her award-wining literary debut with her bestselling novel, Bone, Ng finally returns with a gorgeous, yet heartbreaking story of unrequited love in 1960s San Francisco. Jack Moon Szeto arrives as...
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look, illustrated by LeUyen Pham [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost
When 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 in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese, Repost
Little Wabi Sabi, a lovely kitty living in Kyoto, Japan, has a very special name ...
Dragon Road by Laurence Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
In 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...
This Is a Bust by Ed Lin [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 May, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost
While Robert Chow’s life might be a bust, this second novel for the talented Lin turns out to be quite the page-turner. As the token Chinese policeman in 1976 New York Chinatown, Chow is also an...
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 May, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Taiwanese American
Grace Lin uses her own childhood adventures in her second middle-grade title, the follow-up to last year’s successful The Year of the Dog. Pacy returns for another year of change and growth, with some...
Mia and Bravo, Mia! by Laurence Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 May, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost
The ever-prolific Laurence Yep has penned a brand-new American Girls series featuring Mia, a talented skater who chooses figure skating over the ice hockey she’s grown up playing with her three older brothers. Dedicated and tenacious,...