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BookDragon Historical Tag

Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow, illustrated by Helen Cann [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

little-leap-forwardBased on the real-life experiences of author Guo, this beautifully illustrated thin volume captures the seven-year-old life of Little Leap Forward in 1966 Beijing. Playing by the riverbank one day, Little Leap Forward's best friend Little...

Dragon Road by Laurence Yep [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

dragon-roadIn 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...

Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the ‘King and I’ Governess by Susan Morgan [in Christian Science Monitor]

16 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Biography, British, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, Thai

bombay-anna Immortalized by Deborah Kerr, Anna Leonowens – yes, that Anna, the one who taught the children of the King of Siam – was, without a doubt, a remarkable character. Unfortunately, her story remains buried in...

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, Chinese, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Malaysian, Repost, Southeast Asian

gift-of-rain1IF YOU READ ONE BOOK, LET IT BE THIS EPIC STUNNER! One rainy evening, an elderly gentleman finds himself opening the door to his past in the form an elderly woman who arrives bearing a gift....

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...

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,...

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...

Binu and the Great Wall: The Myth of Meng by Su Tong, translated by Howard Goldblatt [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

binu-and-the-great-wallPart of Canongate’s much-praised Myths Series. Su Tong – best known Stateside for his novella Raise the Red Lantern, which became an Oscar-nominated film by legendary Zhang Yimou – breathes life into one of China’s oldest...

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...

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...

A Case of Exploding Mangoes: A Novel by Mohammed Hanif [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

case-of-exploding-mangoes1Pakistani dictator General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq’s sudden death in a mysterious 1988 plane crash remains unsolved. Hanif, once part of the Pakistani air force and now a British expat, cleverly presents a riotous fictional version of how...

A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord, illustrated by Shino Arihara [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Cambodian, Cambodian American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

song-for-cambodiaArn Chorn-Pond was just 8 years old when he was torn from his family in 1975 as the Khmer Rouge invaded Cambodia. He survives years of unimaginable atrocities with only rare moments of music to soothe...

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food by Jennifer 8. Lee [in Christian Science Monitor]

18 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

fortune-cookie-chroniclesLuddite me made a surprisingly funny joke to two techies after reading Jennifer 8. Lee's delightful The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food. "McDonald's is to Microsoft as Chinese restaurants are...

Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Ellie Crowe, illustrated by Richard Waldrep [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Hawaiian, Nonfiction, Repost

surfer-of-the-centuryAn inspiring, poignant biography – just perfect for kids! – of the legendary surfer Duke Kahanamoku, who was also the fastest swimmer in the world for 16 years! In spite of his championships, Kahanamoku still faced...

Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans by Jean Pfaelzer [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

driven-outIn the latter 19th century, thousands of Chinese Americans were viciously purged from their homes throughout the West Coast. What makes Driven Out more than another tome of historical woe are the little-known tales of valiant...

God of Luck by Ruthanne Lum McCunn [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

god-of-luckRuthanne Lum McCunn has built her literary career by breathing life into certain moments of forgotten history. Her latest title explores the little-known tragic experience during the 19th century when Chinese men were brutally...

Facing the Bridge by Yoko Tawada, translated with an afterword by Margaret Mitsutani [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

facing-the-bridgeIf I were to make my mother the happiest mother in the world, I’d finish at least one of my PhDs by writing that elusive dissertation on Yoko Tawada and her fantastical, enigmatic, revisionist, ambiguous short...

Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang, translated by Karen S. Kingsbury and Eileen Chang [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

love-in-a-fallen-cityConsidered to be one of the great writers of 20th-century China since she hit the literary scene in the 1940s with a mighty bang, Chang died in obscurity in Los Angeles in 1995. Recently rediscovered thanks...

Akira to Zoltán: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

akira-to-zoltan1This welcome companion title to Chin-Lee’s Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World (2005) features child-size portions of world-changing, peace-toting, life-affirming men from Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa to U.S. Senator Hiram Fong...

The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indonesian, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

killing-seaAmerican teenager Sarah would much rather be hanging out with her friends back home in an air-conditioned mall than being stuck with her family vacationing in faraway Indonesia. When the massive tsunami of 2004 hits the...

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