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• Misfit in Love

  Ali, S. K.

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  Misfit in Love is the latest book by Toronto author S.K. Ali and sequel to her debut YA novel Saints and Misfits. In Misfit in Love, it's summertime and Janna's brother Muhammad is getting married. But things quickly get complicated — her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bruised

  Boteju, Tanya

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  Bruised is a YA novel about Daya Wijesinghe, a teen girl who navigates first love and identity after a family tragedy. After a tragic accident results in the death of her parents, Daya has taken to bruising herself as a way to cope with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kung Fu Master

  Chan, Marty

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  Marty Chan's middle-grade novel Kung Fu Master is about a teenager named Jon Wong. His friends at school assume that because he's Chinese, he's good at math and science. And when they find out that he likes to pretend to be a martial arts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silence That Binds Us

  Ho, Joanna

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  A grieving teen fights Asian hate by finding her voice in this complex, timely story.

• The Forest of Stolen Girls

  Hur, June

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  Set in 1426 Korea, The Forest of Stolen Girls is a YA novel about a young woman named Hwani who seeks to know the truth about a past crime that affected her family. But when her detective father vanishes after looking into the mystery,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Music for Tigers

  Kadarusman, Michelle

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  Music for Tigers is a middle-grade novel and coming-of-age story about a young violinist who finds out that her mother's family secretly has a sanctuary for extinct Tasmanian tigers — the island's most beloved and lost, creature — in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fight Like a Girl

  Kamal, Sheena

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  In thriller writer Sheena Kamal's first YA novel Fight Like a Girl, Trisha grew up with an abusive father who would come and go as he pleased. In an effort to break the chain of violence in her family, Trisha chooses to channel her violent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zara Hossain Is Here

  Khan, Sabina

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  In the YA novel Zara Hossain Is Here, Zara Hossain is the only Muslim teen at her Texas high school, which makes fitting in a bit of a challenge. When a bullying incident escalates into a violent crime, Zara is forced to choose between the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Limbo

  a Graphic Memoir

  Lee, Deb JJ

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  Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Finding Home

  the Journey of Immigrants and Refugees

  Lee, Jen Sookfong

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  Finding Home explores the nature of human migration and how it has shaped the modern world. This nonfiction book looks at the past and present issues affecting immigrants and refugees — and author Jen Sookfong Lee offers a first-hand…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

  Park, Patricia

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  When a microaggression at her wealthy Manhattan high school thrusts her into the spotlight, half-Latina/half-Korean Alejandra Kim, who feels like an outcast, must carve out a place for herself while dealing with the loss of her father.

• The Queens of New York

  Shen, E. L.

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  Seventeen-year-old inseparable best friends Jia, Ariel, and Everett navigate first love, grief, racism, and Asian American consciousness during one life-changing summer apart.

• Hungry Ghost

  Ying, Victoria

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  Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all, thin. No one, not even her best friend, Jordan, knows that she has been bingeing and purging for years. But when tragedy strikes, Val finds herself reassessing her priorities, her choices, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation