The Ink-Keeper’s Apprentice by Allen Say [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
03 Mar, by in Fiction, Japanese American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Determined to become an artist, young Sei Koichi convinces the famous cartoonist Noro Shinpei to take him on as an apprentice. Under Sensei’s (Japanese for "teacher") nurturing tutelage, he receives a new name, Kiyoi,...
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Yingmei Yang wants to "be American." She’s changed her name to Mary, keeps a notebook of American slang, and tries her best to make friends at school. But she realizes that fitting...
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When her mother suddenly commits suicide, 12-year-old Yuki is left behind to try and piece her life back together. Living with an aloof father and an uncaring stepmother, Yuki must learn to rely on...
Alice Larsen is a popular seventh-grade cheerleader. Then Yoon Jun Lee arrives from Korea, and Alice’s father wants her to be his friend. Although...
It’s senior year in high school and Ellen understandably wants to spend time with her friends, but her parents expect her to study even more she can get into Harvard. Ellen must...
Ellen has left her small hometown for Harvard University, where she becomes good friends with her African American roommate and finds new friends among the Korean American students. She comes face-to-face with the reality...
Shirley Temple Wong, with her new American name, arrives in her new American home. But making friends proves difficult. She...
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A retired civil servant living along the holy Narmada River whose banks are believed to contain 400 billion sacred places, comes into contact with numerous travelers and their mesmerizing stories, including an ascetic monk...
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