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Indie Girl by Kavita Daswani [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

indie-girlEthnic chick-lit favorite Kavita Daswani makes her young adult debut with a fun, breezy read starring one Indie Konkipuddi, a 15-year-old style-queen-in-the-making. While her neurosurgeon father can't understand why she would take a weekend...

Good Enough by Paula Yoo [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

good-enoughHigh school senior Patti Yoon, the perfect Korean American daughter studying for her perfect SAT scores, perfectly playing the violin, aiming for HYP (KorEnglish for HarvardYalePrinceton), and (of course!) never talking to boys, discovers her feisty...

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian, South Asian American

unaccustomed-earthThank goodness the Pulitzer-winning Jhumpa Lahiri went back to her short story roots: The Namesake was okay, but disappointing after The Interpreter of Maladies which was such a shockingly remarkable debut. Holy moly, now comes this unforgettable...

Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity edited by Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert, and Mary Anne Hess [in Christian Science Monitor]

30 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

once-they-hear-my-name"When I got to college I said I was adopted, right off the bat,” says Todd Knowlton, a 33-year-old Korean-American adoptee. “It doesn’t bother me, but once they hear my last name, people always ask uncomfortable...

The Boy by Naeem Murr

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Lebanese, Lebanese American

Boy.MurrYou can't believe how scary this book can be, especially if you have children of your own. The eponymous boy of many names in Naeem Murr's disturbingly effective debut novel is a complicated, unpredictable,...

The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Lebanese, Lebanese American, Young Adult Readers

Perfect ManNaeem Murr’s latest novel is a near-perfect coming-of-age story about an Indian-born, London-raised young man, dropped into the American Midwest virtually without support, and was last year’s Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Europe...

Rosie and Buttercup by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

rosie-and-buttercupRosie has a near-perfect life, even an adorable little sister. But as Buttercup gets older, Rosie sometimes finds it challenging to get along with her. One day she takes her sister to their neighbor, offering her...

A Golden Age [Bengal Trilogy, Book 1] by Tahmima Anam [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi American, British Asian, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

golden-ageHere’s the best news up front: Tahmima Anam’s impressive debut is the first of a planned trilogy. While still mourning the sudden loss of her too-young husband, Rehana loses custody of her young son...

Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

climbing-the-stairsIndia in the 1940s is a time of tumultuous violence – the British troops are subduing independence efforts, citizens of different religious backgrounds are fighting each other, World War II is raging in Europe, and the...

Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian African, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian, Young Adult Readers

child-of-dandelionsWhen the brutal dictator Idi Amin violently grabbed power over Uganda, he declared in August 1972, that within 90 days all Indians would have to leave the country. Part of Uganda’s population since the 16th century,...

Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Lil Bahadur Chettri, translated by Michael J. Hutt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nepali, Repost, South Asian, Translation

mountains-painted-with-turmericIronically named “Wealthy One,” Dhané is a poor farmer who can’t get a lucky break in the small village his family has called home for many generations. Originally published in the 1950s, this new edition offers...

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

revolution-is-not-a-dinner-partyBest known for her highly entertaining picture books (The Runaway Rice Cake, The Real Story of Stone Soup), Compestine enters the young adult market with a story that draws on her own childhood during the crushing...

The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep with Dr. Kathleen S. Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

dragons-childBased on more than 80-year-old actual immigration interviews, Laurence Yep imagines the conversation he never had with his father about his father’s experiences as a nervous young boy who arrived on Angel Island, the West Coast...

The Sound of Language: A Novel by Amulya Malladi [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American

sound-of-language1 Indian-born, U.S.-, UK-, and now Denmark-domiciled Malladi is a literary chameleon, thanks in part to her changing addresses. Language, which features a young Afghan refugee woman escaping unnamable horrors under the Taliban, is almost like reading a sister text of Khaled Hosseini’s...

First Daughter: White House Rules by Mitali Perkins [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Pakistani American, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

first-daughterwhite-house-rules1Sameera Righton, who first appeared in First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover, now calls the White House “home.” Sparrow, as her parents call her, is the adopted Pakistani-born daughter of the new U.S. President and his First...

Snow Falling in Spring: Coming of Age in China During the Cultural Revolution by Moying Li [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

snow-falling-in-springThe Cultural Revolution was a harrowing decade of Chinese history. Moying Li recalls her life from ages 12 to 22, when she bore witness to brutal atrocities against her family, friends, and entire community – and...

The Wakame Gatherers by Holly Thompson, illustrated by Kazumi Wilds [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

wakame-gatherersYoung Nanami shares an afternoon with her two grandmothers: her Baachan who lives with her family in Japan, and her Gram, who is visiting from the coast of Maine. Together the three share an ancient tradition...

The Age of Shiva by Manil Suri [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

age-of-shiva3The long-awaited follow-up to Manil Suri's glowing debut, The Death of Vishnu, features headstrong Meera, who escapes her controlling father’s house at age 17 by marrying handsome crooner Dev which, alas, proves...

A Free Life by Ha Jin [in Christian Science Monitor]

11 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Free LifeIf literary awards are any measure of prowess, then native Chinese speaker Ha Jin has most certainly mastered the English language. As a writer of poems, short stories, and fiction, he has been showered...

Epileptic by David B., translated by Kim Thompson

23 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Nonfiction, Translation

epileptic1Originally published in six volumes in the author's native France, the full English compilation is a remarkable feat of creativity. Rendered in heavy-inked black-and-white panels that seem to physically convey the overwhelming burdens of a difficult...

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