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Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The New York Times Magazine that explores-and reimagines-Asian American identity in a Black and white world. In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country's demographics. But over the next four decades,...
82) Shine
Author
Series
Shine (Jessica Jung) volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.
83) Blue bayou
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of a Korean adoptee, raised in the Lousiana bayou and living with his wife and stepdaughter, who must confront his past when he discovers that he could be deported.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old, Korean American adoptee Emma Davidson has a problem. Two problems. Okay, three: 1. She has a crush on her best friend, Avangeline, that she hasn't been able to share 2. Avangeline now has to move out of their town because her parents are getting a divorce 3. Oh, and Emma is a secret witch who can't really control her powers. It's a complicated summer between sixth and seventh grade. Emma's parents made her promise that she'd keep...
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
7 books, 1 welcome letter and 1 Early Literacy Guide in a blue vinyl folder, in a clear vinyl tote with luggage tag.
Language
English
Description
The World of Stories project consists of over 30 kits that each explore a different theme about the things that make us special and unique. Each kit contains up to seven books that center around topics such as race and ethnicity, culture and heritage, religion, orientation, family structure, immigration and more. Plus, every kit includes helpful early literacy tips and activities for you to practice at home with your child to help them get ready to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Korean American Jasmine Yap's long-time boyfriend, Paul, is caught cheating on her, her giant, overprotective family secretly arranges to use her graduation party to introduce her to Orlando's most eligible men.
Author
Series
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sophia Chang is a badass of the music industry. As the daughter of Korean immigrants in predominantly white suburban Vancouver, she grew up shunning the "model minority" myth. Armed with a fierce sense of independence, she moved to New York City and infiltrated the world of hip-hop, yet remained mostly in the shadows of the artists she supported. With her debut memoir, Sophia Chang is finally ready to grab the mic for herself. This inspiring story...
Author
Series
Lia Park volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lia Park must venture to the undersea kingdom of the Dragon King in Korea to save her parents from an evil diviner.
90) Juna's jar
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After her best friend, Hector, moves away, Juna's brother Minho tries to make her feel better by finding things to put in her special kimchi jar, and each night, whatever is in the jar takes her on a magical journey in search of Hector. Includes glossary.
93) Seoulmates
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hannah Cho had the next year all planned out--the perfect summer with her boyfriend, Nate, and then a fun senior year with their friends. But then Nate does what everyone else in Hannah's life seems to do--he leaves her, claiming they have nothing in common. He and all her friends are newly obsessed with K-pop and K-dramas, and Hannah is not. After years of trying to embrace the American part and shunning the Korean side of her Korean American identity...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaginated) : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Danbi’s favorite day is here! Thrilled to invite her friends to celebrate Children’s Day as she did in Korea, she promises kites, tigers, and magic train rides. But when the reality of a picnic behind her parents’ deli falls short of her grand plans, Danbi must get creative to save the day."--publisher's website
95) Throwback
Author
Publisher
Zando Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 355 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Priscilla is first-generation Korean American, a former high school cheerleader who expects Sam to want the same all-American nightmare. Meanwhile, Sam is a girl of the times who has no energy for clichéd high school aspirations. After a huge blowup, Sam is desperate to get away from Priscilla, but instead, finds herself thrown back. Way back. To her shock, Sam lands in the '90s...alongside a 17-year-old Priscilla. Now, Sam has to deal with outdated...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Luke and his dog, Haru, are the best of friends. Totally inseparable. But when their nasty landlord falsely accuses Haru of biting her, Haru is kidnapped! As Luke and his friends go on a serious mission to find and bring Haru home again, they discover mysterious experiments happening at the old laboratory at Painted Lake, owned by an evil multibillionaire named Mr. Thomas Sinclair. And Luke and his friends soon fear that Sinclair’s...
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
7 books, 1 welcome letter and 1 Early Literacy Guide in a blue vinyl folder, in a clear vinyl tote with luggage tag
Language
English
Description
The World of Stories project consists of over 30 kits that each explore a different theme about the things that make us special and unique. Each kit contains up to seven books that center around topics such as race and ethnicity, culture and heritage, religion, orientation, family structure, immigration and more. Plus, every kit includes helpful early literacy tips and activities for you to practice at home with your child to help them get ready to...
Author
Series
Pippa Park volume 1
Publisher
Fabled Films Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, following...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Bullied by her classmates, Sarah, a Korean American girl growing up in a rural community with few Asian neighbors, channels her rage into her art and cosplay until it threatens to explode.
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