Asian American & Pacific Islander
Celebrating DPS Cultural Moments
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month is May.
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Elementary Reads
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Eyes that Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho
A young Asian boy, who notices that his eyes look different from his friends', realizes that his eyes--like his father's, grandfather's, and younger brother's--rise to the skies, speak to the stars, and are visionary.
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid
Hannah learns the importance of the Ramadan holiday by helping her friends and neighbors as well as by showing kindness and generostiy, acts that can make the world a better place.
My Footprints by Bao Phi
Upset after being bullied, Thuy, a Vietnamese American, pretends she is different creatures, including an especially strong, wonderful being made up of her two mothers and herself. Includes note about the phoenix and the Sarabha.
Elementary Chapter Book Reads
Peter Lee's Notes from the Field
Peter Less has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust.
Troublemaker by John Cho
On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.
Middle School Reads
Living with Viola by Rosena Fung
Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school--and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life. Only when Livy learns how to ask for help and face her anxiety does she finally figure out living with Viola.
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame by Supriya Kelkar
In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people.
High School Reads
Messy Roots: a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
Seamlessly toggling between past and present, this funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American's immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why she is attracted to girls.
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