After the Pearl Harbor attack an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl and her family are forced to go to an aliens camp in Utah.
The Year of the Ox (Tales from the Chinese Zodiac)
by Oliver Chin
Olivia the ox learns what her best qualities really are when her friend Mei needs help when a flood threatens their village. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Ox.
Astrid and Apollo and the Family Fun Fair Day (Astrid and Apollo)
by V T Bidania
In 1972 in Seattle, a teenager in a Japanese American family struggles for his own identity, along with a group of three friends who share his anger and confusion.
The Year of the Dragon (Tales from the Chinese Zodiac, #7)
by Oliver Chin
Dominic the dragon befriends a boy named Bo as well as the other eleven animals of the Chinese lunar calendar and helps them enter the annual village boat race. Lists the birth years and characteristics of individuals born in the Chinese Year of the Dragon.
Still reeling from the murder that broke up the wedding her adoptive parents forced on her, nineteen-year-old Heaven gets a job in a Los Angeles club and is more alone, more free, and in much more danger than ever before.
Geraldine Pu and Her Cat Hat, Too! (Geraldine Pu)
by Maggie P. Chang
Spunky, funny, and friendly Geraldine Pu gets ready for picture day in this second book in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series! Geraldine Pu loves her cat hat, Mao Maotz. If only she felt the same way about her own hair! Then she finds out that picture day is happening at school, and there’s a strict no hats rule. Will Geraldine learn to love her hair and her unique style? Ready-to-Read Graphics books give readers the perfect introduction to the graphic novel format with easy-to-follow...
When her grandparents come for a visit from India to California, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends.
As Career Day at school approaches, Katie has great ideas for helping her friends present their future professions, but cannot think of a job that she would like to do.
Jasmine Toguchi, Super Sleuth (Jasmine Toguchi, #2)
by Debbi Michiko Florence
It's a big weekend for Jasmine Toguchi! She's excited to celebrate Girl's Day a Japanese holiday honoring women and girls with her sister, mother, and best friend, Linnie. On Friday after school, Linnie comes over to plan their outfits for the Girl's Day celebrations. And Jasmine's neighbor, Mrs. Reese, lets them search through her old clothes for the perfect accessories. But the clothes are in her dark garage, which is kind of scary.
One Is a Drummer (Multicultural Shapes and Colors)
by Roseanne Thong
A young girl numbers her discoveries in the world around her, from one dragon boat to four mahjong players to ten bamboo stalks.
Once upon a time, Ni Diyah Tantri, the beautiful daughter of a chief minister to the king, is summoned to the royal chamber. No sooner does she enter the king's apartment than she begins to ply him with tales, each more intriguing than the last, until he is captivated by Ni Diyah Tantri s irrepressible spirit. Balinese Children's Favorite Stories brings to life eleven of Ni Diyah Tantri's best-loved stories in a style which will appeal to children and adults alike. In the same series as the popu...
Talent Show (Jackson Friends Books (Hardcover), #3) (Jackson Friends Books (Prebound), #3)
by Michelle Edwards
Second-grader Howardina Geraldina Paulina Maxina Gardenia Smith is sure she will be the star of the talent show, but when she gets up to sing at the dress rehearsal, she gets stage fright.
Bollywood takes over in this “effervescent” (Booklist) and magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous song-and-dance routines during everyday life. You know how in Bollywood when people are in love, they sing and dance from the mountaintops? Eleven-year-old Sonali wonders if they do the same when they’re breaking up. The truth is, Sonali’s parents don’t get along, and it looks like they might be se...
Japanese Fairy Tales (Akasha Classics ) (Cosimo Classics Myth & Folklore)
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a rich literary culture. The rich world of Japanese fantasy is very apparent in Japanese Fairy Tales, a compilation of twenty-two favorite stories from the land of the rising sun. A fantastic selection of ghouls, goblins and ogres, sea serpents and sea kings, kindly animals and magic birds, demons and dragons, princes and princesses hide within these pages. These...