Audience: Adult
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A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Zeke, a classmate of the missfits starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits are surprised. Who would want to hurt Zeke? Maybe he’s not what he seems to be? Lisa Yee is a third generation Chinese American.
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Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship
Amina loves bananas, science, and yellow things. Her family recently moved from Syria to Indiana and she is starting at a new school. Shifa Saltagi Safad Immigrated to the US as a young girl.
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Fall Is for Beginnings
Ravi is ready for a new school year to start! In the fall there is cool weather, new school supplies, and spending time with friends, But when a new girl named Ellie joins their class, Will Ravi have to share his best friend Joe, with a new friend. Rajani LaRocca was born in India.
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Cultural Celebrations Calendar 2025-2026
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Deep Dive: Tanabata Star Festival
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The Emperor of Gladness
One summer evening in the economically depressed town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in the rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. Grazina, a widow dealing with dementia, convinces him to take another path. Hal becomes Grazina’s caregiver, and during the next…
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The Incredible Kindness of Paper: A Novel
Chloe Hanako Quinn is assigned Oliver Jones as her pen pal partner in school. Oliver moves suddenly because of rough circumstances. He moves back to the city, when the city is suddenly flooded with yellow origami roses, a specific one finds its way into his hands and changes his life forever.
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The Manor of Dreams
Vivian Yin was the first Chinese actress to win an Oscar, Now she is dead, and her daughters are only interested in dividing her estate. The Manor of Dreams is a thrilling family gothic story that examines the true cost of the American Dream—and what happens when the roots we set down in this country…
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Detained: A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience
D. attempts to join his parents by traveling with his cousins to the US border. He is detained by the US government and seperated from his cousins. His memoir chronicles the different stages of his travels through variour retention centers some are only a tent with a port-a-potty. “This is a brutally honest account of…
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The Matchmaker
In this heart pounding mystery, Nura, a matchmaker is shocked after one of her matched couple’s weddings is ruined. This sabotage is the first in a chain of suspicious and increasingly terrifying events. Azar with her matchmaking team by her side embarks on a dangerous game to solve the mystery.
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I Leave It up to You
What does it means to love, to repair a family after a tragedy? “I Leave It Up to You is a delicious meal of a book, with courses of drama, tragedy, and comedy. Jack Jr.’s efforts to separate himself from his raucous, loving, over-reaching Korean American immigrant family are rendered with brilliant finesse and beauty.”…
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The Original Daughter
An emmotional, sometimes humorous tale of two sisters as they struggle with family, freedom, intimacy, and forgiveness. One wonders what it means to love, and love well, when our family relationships can create love and pain.