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Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

07 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonfiction

Reading these double memoirs of a native Inuit girlhood during the 1940s in far northern Canada is a searing experience. What was done to children disguised as progress and opportunity (not to mention in the name of a Christian God) is a tragedy that is...

The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Australian, Australian Asian, Chinese, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers

At school, 12-year-old Mimi Lu is better known as Smelly-Loo because "[h]er parents forced her to drink all sorts of smelly brews" – concocted by her herbalist doctor father – that lingered on her clothes, pigtails, skin, and even her breath. "[Y]ou are Chinese. Be...

Blankets by Craig Thompson

29 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

If you missed last year's Habibi by Craig Thompson, stop everything right this second and go order it immediately. I'll wait ...

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sís

24 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, South American, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

"On a continent of many songs, in a country shaped like the arm of a guitarrista, the rain drummed down on the town of Temuco [Chile]," the invitingly dreamy Dreamer begins. Neftalí Reyes, the eponymous dreamer, is most content to live in a world of stories,...

Schooled by Gordon Korman

05 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Ever since the fabulous audible version of No More Dead Dogs kept my then-backseated young 'uns highly entertained through many a traffic jam, Gordon Korman holds special favor on the contraptions that have taken over their now-teenage ears. [Pop, by the way, earned a double rave.] Oldster me is still laughing along...

Warp Speed by Lisa Yee

23 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Here's proof that your questions really make a difference, at least to the imaginative Lisa Yee: "On one of her many school visits, a reader asked what happened to Marley from Stanford Wong, which inspired her to tell his story here," Yee's "About the Author" end-page...

Kurozakuro (vols. 1-2) by Yoshinori Natsume, translated by Camellia Nieh

05 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Here's a 21st-century spin on the 90-pound weakling who wakes up one day admirably transformed, complete with bulging muscles and confident attitude. That said, check out these covers: this version is not without some menacing twists. "There's something called a 'food chain' in this world....

Real (vol. 1) by Takehiko Inoue, translated by IT Planning, Inc.

16 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Let the weekend games continue: if yesterday's basketball story was a (mostly) feel-good, rah-rah fest, today's post is definitely more somber. The kids in this game are older, harder, more cynical ...

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

30 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Talk about testosterone gone awry: The Chocolate War is a disturbing look at how boys – and the men from whom they are supposed to learn – mistreat, outmaneuver, and abuse one another. Jerry...

MAOH: Juvenile Remix (vol. 1) original story by Kotaro Isaka, story and art by Megumi Osuga, translated by Stephen Paul

26 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Ando, now in 11th grade, is more or less going through the motions of fitting in: "If I said I didn't feel empty inside for putting up an act ...

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

21 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

If you had any doubts before, pick up some of Laurie Halse Anderson's titles – her now-classic Speak and Wintergirls, to start – and you can't help but realize that today's high schools can be utter hell. [You could also go check out the new...

Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger

04 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Two things are keeping me up at nights ...

YUMMY: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

True stories about kids with tragic endings are undoubtedly effective in fueling parents' worst nightmares. This one proves especially haunting. Six years ago today, "Yummy" Sandifer made the cover of Time magazine. Along with his mugshot were the words, "The Short, Violent Life of Robert 'Yummy'...

Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls – Sexual Identity, the Cyberbubble, Obsessions, Environmental Toxins by Leonard Sax

01 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

If you're a parent (or a parental figure) to a girl (even if that girl is still an infant!), you MUST read this book. Which means you can stop reading this post here. Go get the book already ...

I Am Jack by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox

24 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Australian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

"Did you know that thirty percent of children in American schools are either bullied, or bully other kids?" asks award-winning Australian author Susanne Gervay in her "Author's Note" for the first U.S. edition of her already bestselling novel. Inspired by her own son Jack's experiences...

Freckleface Strawberry and Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

01 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Vietnamese American

Just look at the energy that jumps off even these tiny thumbnail covers. What's not to love? In her debut, our spunky heroine, whom everyone calls Freckleface Strawberry, needs to "get rid of her freckles fast." She tries everything from scrubbing them off, coloring herself with...

BookDragon Bullying Tag

Fatty Legs and A Stranger at Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes

The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang

Blankets by Craig Thompson

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sís

Schooled by Gordon Korman

Warp Speed by Lisa Yee

Kurozakuro (vols. 1-2) by Yoshinori Natsume, translated by Camellia Nieh

Real (vol. 1) by Takehiko Inoue, translated by IT Planning, Inc.

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

MAOH: Juvenile Remix (vol. 1) original story by Kotaro Isaka, story and art by Megumi Osuga, translated by Stephen Paul

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger

YUMMY: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke

Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls – Sexual Identity, the Cyberbubble, Obsessions, Environmental Toxins by Leonard Sax

I Am Jack by Susanne Gervay, illustrated by Cathy Wilcox

Freckleface Strawberry and Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully by Julianne Moore, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

A Wright & Wong Mystery: The Case of the Trail Mix-Up (vol. 3) by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz [in AsianWeek]

Sweet Briar Goes to Camp by Karma Wilson, illustrated by LeUyen Pham [in AsianWeek]

Sweet Briar Goes to School by Karma Wilson, illustrated by LeUyen Pham [in AsianWeek]

Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois-Ann Yamanaka [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

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