Journey Home by Yoshiko Uchida, illustrated by Charles Robinson [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
03 Mar, by in Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers
Just before the end of World War II, the Sakane family is released from internment camp and sent to live briefly in Salt Lake City. When they are finally allowed to return to their...
With the advent of World War II, Yuki’s family is separated and imprisoned. Her father is taken away by the FBI, and the rest of the family is eventually shipped to Camp...
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...
Stella Kim can’t understand how Eileen, once her best friend, can now be so mean-spirited. Stella’s other friend Rachel doesn’t understand why Stella won’t speak up for herself. Little by little, Stella finds her own unique...
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Haesu Chun, newly arrived in the U.S. from Korea with her husband, struggles to establish a home in a foreign land. Born into a wealthy family, Haesu is initially ill-prepared for the racism, humiliation,...
Three novellas about three remarkable, though ultimately tragic Filipino women: Narita, a politician trying to escape her poverty-stricken past, Ermita, a very high class prostitute in search of true love, and Malu,...
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Eleven-year-old Esha comes of age in Singapore of the late 1960s, a time of growing political strife between the predominantly Chinese government and the local Singaporeans and their supporters. Esha’s...
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