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The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen by Marja Vongerichten with Julia Turshen, photography by Andrew Baranowski, foreword by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

18 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean, Korean American, Nonfiction

Confession: in spite of every good intention, I haven't yet seen the eponymous show for which this book is billed as a "Companion to the Public Television Series." That said, this gorgeous volume clearly stands alone ...

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

11 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Since 2002 Newbery winner Linda Sue Park’s latest title was published in November 2010, borders shifted (again) and the world recognized the birth of the newest nation, the Republic of South Sudan, on July 9 at midnight. The weekend announcement makes A Long Walk to Water almost...

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind by Jennifer J. Stewart

03 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nepali, Nonethnic-specific

Look past the cheesy cover and pop-culture title ...

Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge

31 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

I admit it: more than a few pages now have drying leftover droplets. Elizabeth Partridge, whose last title was the multi-award-winning Marching for Freedom, sure knows how to make a jaded old reader go sniff, sniff. On the last day of seventh grade, best friends Tracy and Stargazer...

No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, European, Jewish, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

As her children grow, author Melissa Fay Greene decides to extend parenthood by adopting five more You just know that a book’s going to be good if you’ve already guffawed and the type has started to blur (even though you’re trying not to get overly emotional)...

Author Interview: Xinran [in Bookslut]

07 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, British Asian, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

People, even complete strangers, feel compelled to tell Xinran their personal stories, from the simple happiness of sweet everyday lives to the most horrific memories of shocking abuse. Something in her soothing voice, the wordless encouragement to keep talking, exudes a sense of undeniable comfort...

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

This time of the year, in spite of my higher-than-usual crank factor with all the commercial hubbub, I do enjoy escaping into mushy, happy books. Here's one to add to the holiday list,...

Sweet Moon Baby: An Adoption Tale by Karen Henry Clark, illustrated by Patrice Barton

30 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction

Oh my, oh my ...

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

27 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Black/African American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Heads up for DC-area locals … mark your calendars: you can meet Jacqueline Woodson on November 9, 2010 at Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia! Click here for details! And now through October 31, 2010, a play version of Locomotion is up at the Kennedy Center...

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder

06 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Nonfiction

Words of warning ...

Fugitive Visions: An Adoptee’s Return to Korea by Jane Jeong Trenka

25 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction

Jane Jeong Trenka's follow-up to her phenomenal debut memoir, The Language of Blood, is a searing, disturbing account of why transracial adoption does not work. Newly divorced, having severed her relationship with her adoptive parents, escaping from a violent stalker now in jail, Trenka arrives in Korea having...

Lucky Girl: A Memoir by Mei-Ling Hopgood

20 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Taiwanese, Taiwanese American, Young Adult Readers

The first reaction to finishing Lucky Girl is 'lucky readers.' Definitely of the 'you can't make this stuff up'-genre, journalist Mei-Ling Hopgood's debut memoir is one lucky surprise after another. Paced just right to keep you reading, the Taiwanese-born Hopgood reveals a remarkable story of her Midwest...

The Long Season of Rain by Helen Kim

04 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

For years, this 1996 National Book Award finalist in Children's Literature sat high on my night-table stack. But once I finally opened its pages – annoyingly marked with multiple intrusive stamps of "Discarded by the Yankton Community Library" as I ordered it used – the book...

Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran, translated by Nicky Harman

11 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Chinese, Nonfiction

Okay, so I'm not quite sure of the U.S. publication date for Xinran's latest ...

Map of the Invisible World by Tash Aw [in Bloomsbury Review]

24 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Malaysian, Repost, Southeast Asian

Five years ago, Taipei-born Malaysian British Tash Aw landed in the media spotlight with The Harmony Silk Factory, complete with public speculations about an allegedly enormous debut advance. Decorated with multiple important prizes, including Commonwealth and Whitbread first novel awards, Aw’s Factory earned him both...

Raven Summer by David Almond

09 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

David Almond has been repeatedly popping up in my inbox recently. Not him personally (don't I wish, as he is definitely one of my very favorite writers for young adult titles), but his mega-award-winning name is haunting my emails...

The Best Family in the World by Susana López, illustrated by Ulises Wensell

24 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x

"I hope my new family is the best family the world," Carlota wishes on her last night in the orphanage. Unable to sleep, she imagines what her new life might be like ...

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

14 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Young Adult Readers

I have to confess that had my teenaged daughter not handed me the book and said, "it's great, I loved it," I probably wouldn't have finished this latest title from Justina Chen Headley whose debut, Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies), remains...

Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick

06 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

With a father in jail and a mother trying hard to keep her family together, San Lee's peripatetic home life is anything but zen. He's entering yet another new school as an outside eighth-grader – and moving from big town Houston to small-town Pennsylvania isn't...

Hook by Ed Young

18 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction

The Caldecott Medalist Ed Young does it again ...

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