YA Books for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

May 5, 2019 | jonesw

In 1992, the month of May was designated Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Celebrate by reading a YA book by an author of Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry this month! Some selections are listed below. 

After the shot drops by Randy Ribay
American born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
American panda by 1986- Gloria Chao
The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
Darius the Great is not okay by Adib Khorram
The fold by 1972- An Na
The Girl King by Mimi Yu
It's not like it's a secret by Misa Sugiura
My so-called Bollywood life by 1985- Nisha Sharma
A thousand beginnings and endings : 15 retellings of Asian myths and legends
Want by 1973- Cindy Pon
The way you make me feel by Maurene Goo