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Asian Voices: Teen Fiction
- Carey, Mike. Re-gifters.
- Fiction Carey (2007)
- In Re-Gifters, fiery Korean teen Dixie woos hapkido dojang-mate Adam with an expensive gift, but Adam's heartthrob is glam-girl Megan. Meanwhile, Dixie's fighting spirit gets the attention of school bad boy, loan shark, and bookmaker Tomas, a.k.a. Dillinger. Affections change as the gift changes hands, and when Adam tries to get Dixie to throw the hapkido championship, Dixie is ready to respond to Tomas's real affection and support despite his reputation. This delightful martial arts romantic comedy shows fine plotting, simpatico characters, and fluid, manga-influenced art.
- Carlson, Melody. Falling up: a novel.
- Fiction Carlson (2006)
- Dealing with her grief over her mother's recent death and major problems her family and friends are facing cause Kim so much stress she even finds it hard to pray, but things improve when she really starts to "let go and let God."
- Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is not a dinner party: a novel.
- Fiction Compestine (2007)
- Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed "bourgeois," and people of laughter.
- Culver, Carol. Rich girl: a BFF novel.
- Fiction Culver (2008)
- Victoria's rich parents return to Hong Kong and leave her in their mansion with only a housekeeper, whose son attends exclusive Manderley Prep along with Victoria, and even though both students are interested in art, their differences seem far more glaring than anything they might share.
- Gerber, Linda C. Now and Zen.
- Fiction Gerber (2006)
- American teenager Nori Tanaka has never thought much about her Japanese heritage, but when she travels to Japan for a summer academic program to escape from her parents' impending divorce; she discovers a new way of looking at both herself and the world.
- Gratz, Alan. Samurai shortstop.
- Fiction Gratz (2006)
- While attending an elite boarding school in Tokyo in 1890, 16-year-old Toyo uses the traditional training of samurai warriors his father gives him to improve his baseball game and comes to understand how some samurai values still fit in modern Japan.
- Headley, Justina Chen. Nothing but the truth: (and a few white lies).
- Fiction Headley (2006)
- Patty Ho is trapped in the middle of two cultures. She is half white, half Taiwanese, and being raised by her Taiwanese mother who is very prejudiced against the white world. After completing her sophomore year in high school, Patty is sent to Stanford for Math Camp. While she is there she discovers the history of her parents, first love and heartbreak, and gradually comes to accept who she is.
- Kadohata, Cynthia. Weedflower.
- Fiction Kadohata (2006)
- After twelve-year-old Sumiko and her Japanese-American family are relocated from their flower farm in southern California to an internment camp on a Mojave Indian reservation in Arizona, she helps her family and neighbors, becomes friends with a local Indian boy, and tries to hold on to her dream of owning a flower shop.
- Lat. Kampung Boy
- Fiction Lat (2006)
- A memoir of growing up Muslim in a Malaysian kampung (village) in the 1950’s. Told in a graphic novel format, this story is at times touching, at times humorous, and always entertaining.
- Marsden, Carolyn. When heaven fell.
- Fiction Marsden (2007)
- When her grandmother reveals that the daughter that she had given up for adoption is coming from America to visit her Vietnamese family, nine-year-old Binh is convinced that her newly-discovered aunt is wealthy and will take care of all the family's needs.
- Na, An. Wait for me.
- Fiction Na (2006)
- Caught in the threads of secrets and lies, struggling for love and discovering a voice of her own, Mina finds herself torn between living her mother's dreams and living a life that's true in this tale from a National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner.
- Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed: true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and a librarian who made a difference.
- 940.5308995 Op53d 2006
- Public Librarian Miss Breed kept track of and continued to serve Japanese-American children who were incarcerated during World War II.
- Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese.
- Fiction Yang (2006)
- This Printz Award-winning graphic novel ties together three seemingly distinct storylines to explore Chinese stereotypes, and draw insight into the world of a teenage boy who is the son of recent immigrants. This novel engages the intellect, emotions, and sense of humor of younger and older readers alike.
Updated May 2008