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Author Interview: Meredith Russo [in Shelf Awareness]

21 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Meredith Russo: Sharing Secrets Not until Meredith Russo was in her mid-20s did she finally begin "living as her true self." Russo--a transgender woman born and raised in Tennessee, and now the mother of two children--has an unforgettable, timely story to tell. Russo's protagonist in her...

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo [in Shelf Awareness]

20 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

In Lambertville, Tenn., where the social highlight of the week is the high school football game, new girl Amanda Hardy immediately turns heads. She's barely figured out her class schedule before Grant, acting as a mouthpiece for his buddy Parker, is asking for her phone...

The Storm by Akiko Miyakoshi

18 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

The story here is rather straightforward: a young boy is looking forward to a beach day with his family, but an incoming storm threatens to waylay the weekend plans. What makes this latest from author/illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi – her second translated title from one of Japan's award-winning children’s book creators published by...

the gods lie. by Kaori Ozaki, translated by Melissa Tanaka

15 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Translation, Young Adult Readers

As cranky and cynical as I can be – especially as an impatient reader, ahem – every once in a (long) while, I come across a title that gets me all choked up and sighing like a moony adolescent. Perhaps I'm going soft in old...

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge [in Shelf Awareness]

13 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

"A girl cannot be brave, or clever, or skilled as a boy can. If she is not good, she is nothing," an angry Reverend Erasmus Sunderly admonished his usually obedient 14-year-old-daughter, Faith. His words are harsh, but in Victorian England, not without societal support. He...

The Translation of Love by Lynne Kutsukake [in Christian Science Monitor]

12 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

'The Translation of Love' seeks meaning amid the heartache of post-war Tokyo World War II is over, but the struggle to survive remains a daily battle for too many residents of 1947 Tokyo. Debut novelist Lynne Kutsukake gathers a remarkable cast from three countries in The...

An After Bedtime Story by Shoham Smith, illustrated by Einat Tsarfati [in Booklist]

11 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Israeli, Repost

When the usual bedtime fare doesn’t induce slumber, why not try an after-bedtime tale? Every parent will instantly recognize the angelic-toddler-turned-truculent-terror for whom sleep is just not a priority. Tonight, adorable, tiara-wearing Nina can’t sleep, not when there’s a party going on in her own house....

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys [in School Library Journal]

08 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, European, Fiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW While the Titanic and Lusitania are both well-documented disasters, the single greatest tragedy in maritime history is the little-known 1945 sinking by Soviet torpedoes of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German cruise liner that was supposed to ferry wartime personnel and refugees to safety. The...

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto [in Library Journal]

07 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

"Nothing seemed amiss that first Sunday in December 1945." In California, 21-year-old Harry questions why his white employer is sending him home. His comment that he had nothing to do with Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor gets him promptly fired. In Hiroshima, 4,000 miles away, 17-year-old...

American Ace by Marilyn Nelson [in School Library Journal]

06 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Black/African American, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Irish American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW When Connor's grandmother dies, she leaves his father a ring, a pair of pilot's wings, and a letter explaining that the man who raised Connor's father was not his biological father. With his father paralyzed by depression, Connor takes the two mementoes and the...

The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel [in Library Journal]

05 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, European, Fiction

Divided into three sections – Homeless, Homeward, and Home –that converge in the titular "High Mountains of Portugal," three men epitomize the concepts after which the sections are named. Part 1's Tomás, grieving the loss of his lover and son, takes his uncle's automobile – one...

John F. Kennedy’s Presidency [Presidential Powerhouses series] by Rebecca Rowell [in Booklist]

03 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Irish American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Although JFK’s tenure was only 1,036 days, his legacy hasn’t tarnished much. In this volume of the Presidential Powerhouses series, Rowell diverges from too many children’s titles that lionize the youngest-ever POTUS to offer a finely balanced biographical overview. While JFK’s achievements are many – the...

Avatar: The Last Airbender | Smoke and Shadow (Part Three) created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, script by Gene Luen Yang, art by Gurihiru, lettering by Michael Heisler

01 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Young Adult Readers

Sibling rivalry threatens to destroy the Fire Nation when a frustrated Zuko reveals the kemurikage leader on the first page: "I know that's you ...

The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian [in Library Journal]

27 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Armenian American, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Russian

*STARRED REVIEW Richard Chapman – husband, father, businessman – hosts a bachelor party in his Westchester, NY, home for his younger brother. Two strippers are hired to provide the expected entertainment, until the debauchery ends abruptly when the girls murder their bodyguards and flee. Richard must...

A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton [in Library Journal]

26 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Four decades have passed since Amaterasu Takahashi lost her daughter and grandson in Nagasaki's atomic destruction. Now an octogenarian widow living in Philadelphia, she's shocked by the arrival of a disfigured stranger claiming to be that grandson. He brings letters from the past, as well as...

I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly, illustrated by JM Ken Niimura

25 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Barbara Thorson is most definitely not your average fifth-grader. She refuses to buy the "motivational speaking" going on in the front of the classroom on career day, quipping to the less-than-esteemed guest, "I already have a 'career,' thank you." Indeed, Barbara's calling is so much greater:...

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, foreword by Abraham Verghese [in Library Journal]

24 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

*STARRED REVIEW In his sublime "foreword [that] might be better thought of as an afterword," physician and bestselling author Abraham Verghese reveals that he came to know Paul Kalanithi "most intimately when he'd ceased to be." That, too, is true of every listener here. Neurosurgeon Kalanithi died in...

It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas [in Shelf Awareness]

23 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Iranian American, Middle Grade Readers, Persian, Persian American, Repost

Zomorod Yousefzadeh hasn't "met anyone who has moved so many times before sixth grade." Her peripatetic upbringing has already encompassed long distances – not just in miles, but across cultural, social and political divides, as well. Originally from Abadan, Iran, her family moved to Compton,...

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout [in Library Journal]

22 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW Many years earlier, Lucy Barton spent two months in a hospital after a routine appendectomy; no one ever figured out what was wrong. She wakes one morning to find her mother sitting on her bed, arrived in Manhattan from their rural Illinois hometown. Too many...

Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa [in Library Journal]

21 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost, South Asian American, Sri Lankan American, Young Adult Readers

*STARRED REVIEW On an afternoon in November 1999, the 50,000-strong disruption of the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle imploded with tear gas and violence. Sunil Yapa’s debut pivots around teenage runaway Victor, whose initial plans to sell marijuana for profit morphs into tenacious participation with...

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