Grade Level: Middle School
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DEIB Reading Fun for Summer and All Year Round
September 21, 2024 For many years, the majority of books were written by white authors about white characters. Within the last ten years, publishers have been accepting more books that incorporate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) by diverse authors. The publishing world is still not completely equitable in its choice of what is published,…
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A Child’s Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander History: The Heroes, the Stories, and the Cultures that Helped to Build America
This book reveals the stories of AAPI leaders in US history.
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Ruby Lost and Found
Ruby gets in major trouble at school, so her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a senior center with her grandmother. Nai-Nai. But Nai-Nai, her friends, and Liam, a boy from her school surprise Ruby as they all work to help save an historic Chinatown bakery.
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Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel
Feng-Li can’t wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own.
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Dragonfruit
In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. Every wish demands a price in this Pacific Islander tale.
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Throwback
Sam travels back in time to the 1990s where she must figure out how to fix things with her Korean American mother. “Throwback asks big questions about what exactly one inherits and loses in the immigrant experience.”
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Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape
Known for her innovative wire sculptures; Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa was a teenager in Southern California when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Her father was incarcerated, and the rest of her family were sent to a detention center in California, and later to an internment camp in Arkansas. A few years later she was accepted…
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Home Is Not a Country
From the acclaimed poet featured on Forbes Africa’s “30 Under 30” list, this powerful novel-in-verse captures one girl, caught between cultures, on an unexpected journey to face the ephemeral girl she might have been. Woven through with moments of lyrical beauty, this is a tender meditation on family, belonging, and home. Nima wishes she were…
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The Turtle of Michigan
The stand-alone companion to National Book Award Finalist and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s The Turtle of Oman. The Turtle of Michigan is a deft and accessible novel that follows a young boy named Aref as he travels from Muscat, Oman, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, and adjusts to a new life and a new school…
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We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States
A stunning anthology licensed in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, We Are Here celebrates 30 of the most inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in U.S. history. There are more than 23 million people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent living in the United States. Their stories span across generations, as well…
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Deep Dive: Holi
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Deep Dive: Mid-Autumn Festival