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When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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2022-06 - Pride Month Novels
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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"Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,...
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City Lights Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Born on an island off the cost of Hiroshima around 1908, Midori Shimoda died in North Carolina in 1996, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for two decades. A photographer, he was incarcerated in a Department of Justice prison during WWII under suspicion of being a spy for Japan. From his birth to contract laborer/picture-bride parents to his immigration and prewar life in Seattle's Nihonmachi, to wartime incarceration and postwar resettlement...
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Triumph Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"This dynamic picture book biography introduces readers of all ages to Wataru Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA. Wataru "Wat" Misaka, a Japanese American boy born to immigrant parents, liked to play basketball under the glow of stars and a small street lamp in Ogden, Utah. America was home to Wat, but with the onset of World War II, many people thought he didn't belong. "Go home!" they would shout as he dribbled the ball down...
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In this genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms, the author, after the death of her father, grapples with her bipolar disorder and sets out to interrogate the very notion of recovery through the lens of figures from Japanese, Taiwanese and Okinawan legend.
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NewSage Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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The author at 16 years old was evacuated with her family to an internment camp for Japanese Americans, along with 110,000 other people of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast. She faced an indefinite sentence behind barbed wire in crowded, primitive camps. She struggled for survival and dignity, and endured psychological scarring that has lasted a lifetime. This memoir is told from the heart and mind of a woman now nearly 80 years old who experienced...
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2021.
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2022-05 - Asian & Pacific Islander Voices
AAPI Heritage Month 2023
OBD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - ADULT (May)
Veteran's Day
AAPI Heritage Month 2023
OBD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month - ADULT (May)
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"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the...
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them. Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in bestselling books such as The Art of the Start and Enchantment....
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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A champion of equal rights who helped create a better future for all Americans, this biography of the first Asian American woman elected to Congress showed how she carved her own path to become a historic trailblazer.
13) Patsy Mink
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Philomel
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2022.
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English
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Introduces the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, who championed rights for women, children, immigrants and minorities, paving the way for many other women to succeed.
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
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Award-winning poet David Mura's critically acclaimed memoir Turning Japanese chronicles how a year in Japan transformed his sense of self and pulled into sharp focus his complicated inheritance. Mura is a sansei, a third-generation Japanese-American who grew up on baseball and hot dogs in a Chicago suburb where he heard more Yiddish than Japanese. Turning Japanese chronicles his quest for identity with honesty, intelligence, and poetic vision, and...
15) Fred Korematsu
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Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of civil rights hero Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who stood up for other Japanese Americans during World War II, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals...
16) Yuri Kochiyama
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Discovery Library
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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This nonfiction book introduces readers to the life of political activist Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese American who was incarcerated during World War II. Yuri went on to be a leader in many of the liberation struggles of her time.
17) Ellison Onizuka
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"How did Ellison Onizuka become an astronaut? Readers will learn all about how this famous Asian American went from Air Force pilot to NASA astronaut in this low-leveled biography."--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Two Japanese Americans combines the true life stories of Robert Kiyosaki and his sister [Barbara] Emi into one book that attests to a belief in the power of purpose, the importance of action, and the ability to overcome all obstacles in a quest for wealth, both financial and spiritual. "While Robert took the path of war during the Vietnam era, Emi took the path of peace, exploring alternative and spiritual journeys," and is now known by her Buddhist...
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