Grade Level: Middle School
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Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka
Wat was a college student when the US government forced more than 122,000 Japanese Americans living on the West Coast into incarceration camps during WWII. He overcame racism and segregation to join his college’s basketball team, but he was treated as an outsider because he was Japanese American. After helping Utah University’s basketball team win…
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Middle Reader Spring Book Club Guide
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Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail
From politics to the US Navy, from laboratories to the boardroom, from the Olympics to authors, and beyond these girls and women leaders shine. The empowering profiles are created by Geisel Honor–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling artist Niña Mata.
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This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
Before the Little Rock 9 were escorted to school, fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High.
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Stories of the Spirit of Justice
Jemar Tisby collects the true, impactful stories of figures from across history—from the well-known to those often forgotten—who resisted racism and created a legacy of hope and perseverance.
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Fire Escape: How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires
This nonfiction book by an award-winning author/illustrator team focuses on unique angles to a current topic, including injury rehabilitation efforts, species that use wildfires to their advantage, how to help area repopulation, and the animals that help to prevent/fight wildfires.
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Lion Dancers (Graphic Novel)
Young Wei dreamed of being a legendary lion dancer just like his dad.Until his dad passes away, and he stops dancing leaving his friend and fellow dancer Hung behind. Years later, Wei is drawn into the world of lion dancing again.
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In the Tunnel
Lee’s vivid writing about the Korean war discusses war and survival as well as an intimate look at everyday life for Koreans caught up in geo-political forces over which they have no control. Few books for young readers grapple with the Korean War from this perspective. The American involvement in the conflict is portrayed from…
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Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd
When Gigi learns about an elite art camp on the east coast, she’s determined to go. But she knows her parents won’t let her, much less pay for it. After overhearing her little brother Tommy complain about how hard math is and how his teacher goes too fast for him, Gigi has a brilliant idea:…
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The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
Although Evan quickly makes friends at his new school, one boy seems determined to make sure that as a Chinese American, Evan feels that he does not belong. Evan must decide how he is going to handle the bullying and prejudice.
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Fighting to Belong!: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander History from the 1700s through the 1800s
Witness key events in American history through the valiant work of AANHPI Americans.
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Kareem Between
Kareem discovers the U.S. isn’t always a safe place for his family and people, and learns how to find his power and voice. This novel provides a new perspective we desperately need to find hope and empathy in our divided world.