Check It Out: Books for Teens
In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, May's booklist celebrates islands and island-culture of all kinds, including those in the Pacific, in other tropics, and in alternative universes.
Teeth
By Hannah Moskowitz
ISBN: 9781442465329
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"Rudy's life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote, magical island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother, Dylan. While Dylan recovers, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into his loneliness."-- Provided by publisher
Nation
By Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780061433023
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After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
Lola: A Ghost Story
By J. Torres; illustrated by Elbert Or
ISBN: 9781934964330
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Jesse sees dead people, monsters, demons, and lots of other things that go bump in the night that no one else can see. No one except his ailing grandmother--a woman who used her visions to help those living in her small town ... the same rural community in all the scary stories Jesse's heard as a child. Upon his grandmother's passing, Jesse has no choice but to face his demons and whatever else might be awaiting him at grandma's house.
Tomo: Friendship through Fiction : An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories
Edited and with a foreword by Holly Thompson;cover and part-title illustrations by John Shelley
ISBN: 9781611720068
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"One year after the tsunami, this benefit fiction anthology helps teens learn about Japan and contribute to long-term relief efforts"-- Provided by publisher.
Ichiro
Written & illustrated by Ryan Inzana
ISBN: 9780547252698
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Raised by a Japanese mother in New York City, his American father killed in a war, Ichiro finds it difficult to figure out where he fits in. A trip to Japan leaves the boy with his grandfather, in a country he does not know. And one night Ichi gets dragged down a hole by a monster. When he awakens he isn't in Japan nor the mortal world. He has entered into the domain of the gods. Will Ichiro ever find a place to call home?
The Indignation of Haruhi Suzumiya
By Nagaru Tanigawa
ISBN: 9780316039000
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In the first of two stories, a new student council president threatens to disband the SOS Brigade, a supernatural club posing as a literature club, and in the second, Haruhi suspects that the neighborhood dogs are being haunted by animal spirits.
The Fire Horse Girl
by Kay Honeyman
ISBN: 9780545403108
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When Jade Moon, born in the unlucky year of the Fire Horse, and her father immigrate to America in 1923 and are detained at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade Moon is determined to find a way through and prove that she is not cursed.
Nine Days
By Fred Hiatt
ISBN: 9780385742733
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Tenth-graders Ethan and Ti-Anna go to Hong Kong seeking her father, an exiled Chinese democracy activist who has disappeared, and follow his trail to Vietnam and back, also uncovering illegal activity along the way. Includes author's note and the history behind the novel written by the girl who inspired it.
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind;
By Loung Ung
ISBN: 0060733950
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Describes the Ung family's experiences of relocation from war-torn Cambodia and assimilation in Vermont, a transition marked by leaving a sibling behind and the family's struggles to forge a new life in a very different society.
The Asian Pacific American Experience
By Karen Sirvaitis
ISBN: 9780761340898
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Looks at Asian Pacific Americans and their contributions to American society. From artists and athletes to filmmakers and chefs, Asian Pacific Americans enrich American life.
