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1) The tryout
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
As one of the only Asian Americans in her school, Christina confronts both well-meaning ignorance and cruel racism, but in middle school fitting in is important, which is why she and her best friend Megan are both excited and nervous to try out for the popular cheerleading squad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.
3) The comeback
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve.--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
Publisher
Allida, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
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