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Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 online resource(1 sound file (5hr.,30min.,17sec.))
Description
Drawing on a rich family archive as well as the anthropological work of her late great-grandmother, Sasha taq?š?blu LaPointe explores themes ranging from indigenous identity and stereotypes to cultural displacement and environmental degradation to understand what our experiences teach us about the power of community, commitment, and conscientious honesty. Unapologetically punk, the essays in Thunder Song segue from the miraculous to the mundane,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 online resource(1 sound file (8hr.,18min.,11sec.))
Description
The gripping, forgotten tale of Ira Hayes—a Native American icon and World War II legend who famously helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima but spent the latter half of his life haunted by being a war hero. IRA HAYES tells the story of Ira Hamilton Hayes from the perspective of a Native American combat veteran of the Vietnam generation. Hayes, along with five other Marines, was captured in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph of raising the stars...
3) Seoul food
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
When Hana's grandparents visit, Hana decides to cook a meal that represents both her Korean and Southern heritages.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, and was raised by his grandmother, who told him many stories of the Black American experience and taught him to be proud of his race from a young age. With her guidance, Langston became a talented writer in high school, creating dramatic plays, poetry, and articles for the school paper. His career as a writer would continue to blossom. Langston pioneered jazz poetry and published nearly twenty poetry...
Author
Series
The magic paintbrush volume 1
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
When Amy, a Chinese American girl, picks up an ancient paintbrush, it unwittingly unleashes the power to make her art real--and sometimes dangerous.
8) Memory piece
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Three Asian American teenagers meet in the New York suburbs in the 1980s. Drawn together by their shared sense of alienation from their conventionally domestic immigrant families, each wants to live a meaningful life. They envision a future defined by freedom and creativity, but on the brink of adulthood in New York City, their fortunes quickly diverge. Giselle Chin is a performance artist, pushing the boundaries of the form while socializing with...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Description
"A story of community, belonging, and friendship told by South Asian authors through an interconnected anthology, based in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, and centralized at the town community center"--
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Series
Princess Truly (An Acorn Book) volume 9
Publisher
Acorn Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"Across three stories, Princess Truly takes the lead by being class leader, helping her pup, Sir Noodle dance in a talent show, and helping lost ducklings find their mom!"--
Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Description
When her house being TP'd leads her to meet new girl Alice, Samira finds her summer full of clue-finding hunts, garage band practices and getting to know her neighbors like never before, but when her ex-best friend attempts to steal Alice away, she must stand up for her new pal.
13) Unhappy camper
Author
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
204 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
When their parents send them to a Taiwanese American summer camp, sisters - and polar opposites - Claire and Michelle learn more about their culture and each other, forcing Michelle to decide whether to embrace her culture andfamily or assimilate into the popular group at school.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"Recounting her mother's migration from India and how she came to speak two languages-- Malayalam and English--a young girl shows how the gift of multilingualism can transport people across borders and around the world"--
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Description
While at Camp Foster with her best friend Jack when strange occurrences begin to plague the camp, Ronnie finds nothing scarier than change until she is faced with souls who have unfinished business and revelations that disprove everything she knew to be true.
16) Man o' war
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Description
On a field trip to SeaPlanet, seventeen-year-old Arab American high school swimmer River McIntyre has a chance encounter with Indy, a happy, healthy queer person, which sets off a wrenching journey of self-discovery, from internalized homophobia and gender dysphoria, through layers of coming out, affirmation surgery, and true love.
Author
Series
Shout select volume 82
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
A Japanese-American fisherman's 1954 murder trial becomes the backdrop for a story that follows a doomed interracial love affair, a land dispute, and the wartime internment of San Piedro's Japanese residents.
19) Any way you look
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old Ainy is looking forward to working at her mother's clothing store for the summer--and someday soon wearing a hijab--but when certain boys harass her, and the boy she has a crush on does not step in, she turns to her older sister for help.
Author
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1954 a fisherman from San Piedro Island in Puget Sound is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese-American is charged with his murder. The trial is haunted by memories of what happened to the Japanese residents during World War II when the entire community was sent into exile.
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