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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated each May to commemorate the contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the United States. This month was chosen by Congress because two important anniversaries occurred during this time: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in America on May 7, 1843 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad (by many Chinese laborers) on May 10, 1869. The following is a selected list of recently published books, videos, and websites that will help you learn more about Asian American and Pacific Islander history and culture. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Easter Island).
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The Loneliest Americans
Jay Caspian Kang - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country's demographics. But over the next four decades, millions arrived, including Jay Caspian... |
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Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." YetIn Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." YetIn Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country."... |
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong - One World
Format: Hardcover
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A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged exploration of the psychological condition of being Asian American, by an award-winning poet and essayistHow do we speak honestly about the Asian American condition--if such a thing exists?Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively... |
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The Wok: Recipes and Techniques
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than half a million copies with its science-based approach to everyday foods. And for fast, fresh cooking for his family, there’s one pan Lopez-Alt reaches for more... |
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Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
Jeff Yang - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans raised after 1965's Hart-Cellar Act passed would have found it difficult to imagine that sushi and boba would one day be beloved by all, that a Korean boy band named BTS would be the biggest musical act in the world, that one of the biggest... |
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Maps for Migrants and Ghosts
Luisa A. Igloria - Southern Illinois Univ Pr
Format: Book
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In this poetry collection, Igloria brings together personal and family histories, ruminates on the waxing and waning of family fortunes, and reminds us how immigration necessitates and compels transformations. Simultaneously at home and displaced in two different worlds, the speaker lives... |
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Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook
Maangchi - Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A complete course on Korean cuisine for the home cook by the YouTube star and the world's foremost authority on Korean cooking Her millions of fans compare her to Julia Child. An Internet sensation, Maangchi has won the admiration of home cooks and chefs alike with her trademark combination... |
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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
Ali Wong - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession,... |
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They Called Us Enemy
George Takei - Top Shelf Productions
Format: Paperback
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New York Times Bestseller!A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage,... |
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The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad
Gordon H. Chang - Stanford University Press
Format: Paperback
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The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The railroad made it possible to cross the country in a matter of days instead of months, paved the way for new settlers to come out West,... |
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To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories From the Heart
Hetty McKinnon
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For bestselling cookbook author Hetty McKinnon, Asian cooking is personal. McKinnon grew up in a home filled with the aromas, sights, and sounds of her Chinese mother's cooking. These days she strives to recreate those memories for her own family - and yours - with traditional dis |
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Fire Islands: Recipes from Indonesia
Eleanor Ford - Apollo Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed food writer and world traveler Eleanor Ford comes a vibrant collection of 100 mouthwatering recipes for Indonesian cuisine - from the refined cooking of Java to the spicy heart of Sumatra and the festival foods of Bali.Indonesian food is the hidden treasure of South East... |
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Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughters Story
Mazie K Hirono - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"Heart of Fire is a revelatory, evocative, deeply moving book." - Washington Post"Amazing . . . a memoir I really loved." - Secretary Hillary Clinton, "You and Me Both" podcast"A beautiful book." - Trevor Noah, The Daily ShowThe intimate and inspiring... |
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Christina Thompson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than... |
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The Pepper Thai Cookbook: Family Recipes from Everyone's Favorite Thai Mom
Pepper Teigen - Clarkson Potter; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Pepper Teigen is the Thai mom and Yai (grandma) we all wish we had! Anyone who is a fan of Chrissy's knows Pepper - she is prominently featured in Chrissy's Instagram and website, Cravings by Chrissy Teigen - and often can be seen in her own feed cooking with granddaughter Luna... |
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Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora
Angela Dimayuga - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Filipinx offers 100 deeply personal recipes - many of them dishes that define home for Angela Dimayuga and the more than four million people of Filipino descent in the United States. The book tells the story of how Dimayuga grew up in an immigrant family in northern California, trained... |
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The Making of Asian America: A History
Erika Lee - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject.In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds... |
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Chaat: Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets, and Railways of India
Maneet Chauhan
Format: Hardcover
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In Chaat, Maneet Chauhan explores India's most iconic, delicious, and fun-to-eat foods coming from and inspired by her discoveries during an epic cross-country railway journey that brought her to local markets, street vendors, and the homes of family and friends. From simple roasted... |
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1421: The Year China Discovered America
Gavin Menzies - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible true story of the discovery of America before Columbus was even born. Gavin Menzies's extraordinary findings rewrite history. On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, huge junks nearly five hundred feet long... |
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A D U L T F I C T I O N
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American Fever: A Novel
DUR E AZIZ AMNA - Arcade
Format: Hardcover
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** "a funny and affecting novel, understated but powerful, a wonderful new spin on the coming-of-age story." - KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED) **"This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice." - Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh... |
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Nuclear Family: A Novel
Joseph Han
Format: Hardcover
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Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm,a Korean American family living in Hawai'i faces the fallout of their eldest son's attempt to run across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in this "fresh, inventive, and at times, hilarious novel"... |
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Four Treasures of the Sky: A Novel
Jenny Tinghui Zhang - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Engulfing, bighearted, and heartbreaking." -- Ann PatchettA propulsive and dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American WestDaiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine... |
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Portrait of a Thief: A Novel
Grace D. Li - Tiny Reparations Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ocean's Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity History is told by the conquerors.... |
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When We Fell Apart: A Novel
Soon Wiley - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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A profoundly moving and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together - or break them apart - as a young Korean American man's search for answers about his girlfriend's mysterious death becomes a soul-searching journey into his own bi-cultural... |
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The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
Ruth Ozeki
Format: Book
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n this original and lusciously book-loving new novel, Booker Prize finalist Ozeki introduces 14-year-old Benny, who starts hearing voices after his musician father dies. Emanating from a sneaker or a sad-sack leaf of lettuce, these voices can be friendly or ominous, and they are getting... |
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The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan - Penguin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan&;s debut novel&;now widely regarded as a modern... |
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How Much of These Hills Is Gold: A Novel
C Pam Zhang - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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An electric debut novel set against the twilight of the American gold rush, two siblings are on the run in an unforgiving landscape - trying not just to survive but to find a home.Ba dies in the night; Ma is already gone. Newly orphaned children of immigrants, Lucy and Sam are suddenly... |
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The Island of Sea Women: A Novel
LISA SEE - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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A new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets on a small Korean island.Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends that come from very... |
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Dial A for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Format: Hardcover
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When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently... |
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How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
Souvankham Thammavongsa - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Spare, unsentimental, and distilled to riveting essentials, these stories honor the surreal, funny, often wrenching realities of trying to build a life far from home. In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks... |
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Arsenic and Adobo
Mia P. Manansala
Format: Paperback
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Lila Macapagal breaks up with her chef boyfriend and moves home to Shady Palms, IL, to help her aunt, Tita Rosie, with her Filipino restaurant. She starts dating her high school boyfriend, Derek Winter, but soon learns he is the notorious food critic who tried to ruin the restaurants... |
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Searching for Sylvie Lee: A Novel
Jean Kwok - William Morrow
Format: Book
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A poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women - two sisters and their mother - in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times... |
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The Color of Air: A Novel
Gail Tsukiyama - HarperVia
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Women of the Silk and The Samurai's Garden comes a gorgeous and evocative historical novel about a Japanese-American family set against the backdrop of Hawai'i's sugar plantations.Daniel Abe, a young doctor in Chicago, is finally... |
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Sparks Like Stars: A Novel
Nadia Hashimi
Format: Hardcover
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An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low.Kabul, 1978:... |
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Little Gods: A Novel
Meng Jin - Custom House
Format: Hardcover
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Named a Best Book of Winter by Vogue * USA Today * Electric Literature * PopSugar * Alma "Meng Jin is a writer whose sweep is as intimate as it is global. Little Gods is a novel about the heart-wracking ways in which we move through history and time. A fierce and intelligent... |
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The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Lisa See - Simon & Schuster Audio
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The thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been abandoned and adopted by an American couple - now available at a great value!
Li-yan and her family align their lives... |
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My Year Abroad: A Novel
Chang-rae Lee
Format: Hardcover
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Tiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along... |
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Land of Big Numbers: Stories
Te-Ping Chen
Format: Paperback
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Gripping and compassionate, Land of Big Numbers depicts the diverse and legion Chinese people, their history, their government, and how all of that has tumbled - messily, violently, but still beautifully - into the present. Cutting between clear-eyed realism and tongue-in-cheek magical... |
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Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self
Alex Tizon - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning writer takes a groundbreaking look at the experience and psyche of the Asian American male. ?? Alex Tizon landed in an America that saw Asian women as sexy and Asian men as sexless. Immigrating from the Philippines as a young boy, everything he saw and heard taught him to be ashamed... |
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Lisa Yee - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Maizy Chen has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota, until a decline in her grandfather’s health has her and her mom driving across the country to help with his care and her family’s restaurant, the Golden Palace. Yee’s heartfelt novel celebrates the stories of immigrants... |
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Nana, Nenek & Nina
Liza Ferneyhough - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Nina loves visiting her two faraway grandmas - one in Malaysia and one in England. Spot the similarities and differences between their homes in this cozy and beautifully illustrated picture book!Nina lives in San Francisco with her parents, and she loves visiting her two grandmas across... |
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Troublemaker
John Cho
Format: Hardcover
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Troublemaker follows the events of the LA Riots through the eyes of 12-year-old Jordan as he navigates school and family. This book will highlight the unique Korean American perspective.12-year-old Jordan feels like he can't live up to the examplehis older sister set, or his parent's... |
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Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country
Kelly Yang - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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From NYT bestselling author Kelly Yang comes a gorgeously illustrated picture book about Asian American changemakers doing everything they dreamed of and inspiring all of us to reach for new heights!From creating beautiful music like Yo-Yo Ma to flying to outer space like Franklin Chang-Daz;... |
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From the Tops of the Trees
Kao Kalia Yang - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?" Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was waged during America's... |
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Watercress
Andrea Wang
Format: Hardcover
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Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered... |
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New from Here
Kelly Yang - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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This “timely and compelling” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus
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Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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When a young boy and his mother travel overseas to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined. Will he be able to see it the way Mommy does?This gentle, contemplative picture book about family origins invites us to ponder the meaning of home. A young boy loves listening... |
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Amy Wu and the Warm Welcome
Kat Zhang - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Amy Wu does her best to make her new classmate feel welcome in this warmhearted and playfully illustrated follow-up picture book to Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao and Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon.Amy's class has a new student from China! Amy tries hard to make Lin feel included, but she can't... |
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
Jessica Kim - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. Her notebook is filled with mortifying... |
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The Many Meanings of Meilan
Andrea Wang - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales. After Nai Nai passes, the family has a falling-out that sends Meilan,... |
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Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho
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This lyrical and stunning picture book tells a story about learning to love and celebrate your Asian-shaped eyes, in the of spirit of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes... |
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Inside Out and Back Again
Thanhha Lai - Harper
Format: Paperback
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Inside Out and Back Again is a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author's childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama, this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been... |
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When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An uplifting story of a girl discovering a secret family history when she makes a deal with a magical tiger from her grandmother's stories, the Korean version of "Once upon a time..."Some stories refuse to stay bottled up...When Lily and her family move in with her sick... |
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Nanea: The Spirit of Aloha
Larson, Kirby - Follettbound
Format: Book
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Nanea Mitchell may be the youngest in her family, but she knows she's old enough to do grown-up things. Before she can prove she's ready for responsibility, the unthinkable happens. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor - the naval base where her father works - and America is at war! Now Nanea must... |
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Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park
Format: Book
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Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father&;s shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed... |
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Where's Halmoni?
Julie J Kim - Little Bigfoot
Format: Hardcover
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Beautifully illustrated and told by debut author Julie Kim, this picture book in a graphic-novel style follows a young Korean girl and boy whose search for their missing grandmother leads them into a world inspired by Korean folklore, complete with mischievous goblins (dokkebi) , a... |
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Drawn Together
Minh Lê - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens-with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words.With spare, direct... |
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Not Your All-American Girl
Shang - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A multicultural story full of heart and hilarity about what it means to be all-American.Lauren and her best friend, Tara, have always done absolutely everything together. So when they don't have any classes together in sixth grade, it's disastrous. The solution? Trying out for the school... |
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Paper Son: Lee's Journey to America
Helen Foster James - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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In , -year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents. But now Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died,... |
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Respecting the contributions of Asian Americans
Anna Kingston - PowerKids Press
Format: Book
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With bullying and its negative effects being a major topic today, this series sheds light on a variety of groups that have struggled with members being targeted. Each volume refers to bullying, as well as cyberbullying. Photographs throughout include captions, as well as further information.... |
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Korean Celebrations: Festivals, Holidays and Traditions
Tina Cho - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Korean Celebrations takes young readers on an exciting exploration of Korea's colorful festivals and family celebrations - wonderful days that are filled with exciting activities and delicious foods.This book allows children to experience Korean culture firsthand by involving them in games,... |
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I'm Ok
Patti Kim - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Ok Lee knows it's his responsibility to help pay the bills. With his father gone and his mother working three jobs and still barely making ends meet, there's really no other choice. If only he could win the cash prize at the school talent contest! But he can't sing or dance,... |
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We Belong
Cookie Hiponia Everman - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Stella and Luna know that their mama, Elsie, came from the Philippines when she was a child, but they don't know much else. So one night they ask her to tell them her story. As they get ready for bed, their mama spins two tales: that of her youth as a strong-willed middle child and immigrant;... |
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Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom
Teresa Robeson
Format: Book
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When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, most girls did not attend school; no one considered them as smart as boys. But her parents felt differently. Giving her a name meaning &;Courageous Hero,&; they encouraged her love of learning and science. This engaging biography... |
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Where Is Easter Island?
Megan Stine - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding
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Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island.Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How did people first come to live there? How did they... |
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Nina Soni, Sister Fixer
Kashmira Sheth - Peachtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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The second title in a humorous series featuring a charming, distractible Indian-American girl and her family and friends.A long rainy stretch during spring break has Nina restless and hungry for a new project and aggravated with little sister Kavita's embarrassing behavior. A fresh... |
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Ohana Means Family
Loomis, Ilima - NEAL PORTER BOOKS
Format: Book
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Join the family, or ohana, as they farm taro for poi to prepare for a traditional luau celebration with a poetic text in the style of The House That Jack Built.
"This is the land that's... |
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My Life As a Chinese Immigrant
Max Caswell - Gareth Stevens Pub
Format: Library Binding
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The progress of America after the Industrial Revolution came at the cost of many unnamed lives, and theres no story more indicative of this than the plight of the Chinese men who built the transcontinental railroad. Young readers will be transported through first-person accountsand even... |
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Stargazing
Jen Wang - First Second
Format: Paperback
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Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known.
But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends,... |
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Laxmi's Mooch
Shelly Anand - Kokila; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Laxmi never paid much attention to the tiny hairs above her lip. But one day while playing farm animals at recess, her friends point out that her whiskers would make her the perfect cat. She starts to notice body hair all over--on her arms, legs, and even between her eyebrows. With her parents'... |
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Wishes
Muon Thi Van - Orchard Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Wishes tells the powerful, honest story about one Vietnamese family's search for a new home on the other side of the world, and the long-lasting and powerful impact that makes on the littlest member of the family. Inspired by actual events in the author's life, this is a narrative... |
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Himawari House
Harmony Becker - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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Living in a new country is no walk in the park -- Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage,... |
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The Silence that Binds Us
Joanna Ho - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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Joanna Ho, New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, has written an exquisite, heart-rending debut young adult novel that will inspire all to speak truth to power.Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May prefers... |
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Super Fake Love Song
David Yoon - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When Sunny Dae--self-proclaimed total nerd--meets Cirrus Soh, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's bedroom--with its electric guitars and rock posters--for Sunny's own, he sort of, kind of, accidentally winds... |
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This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II
Andrew Fukuda - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of The Librarian Of Auschwitz, This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals -- a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl -- as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war."I remember visiting... |
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Randy Ribay - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall.... |
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American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang - Square Fish; First edition
Format: Paperback
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A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang,... |
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Frankly in Love
David Yoon - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller!Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even his parents.... |
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The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Sabina Khan - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Unable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents, Rukhsana Ali keeps that part of her identity hidden. And that means keeping her girlfriend, Ariana, a secret from them too. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life at home and a fresh start at Caltech... |
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This Time Will Be Different
Misa Sugiura - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon, critically acclaimed author Misa Sugiura delivers a richly crafted contemporary YA novel about family, community, and the importance of writing your own history.The author of the Asian Pacific American Award-winning It's Not Like... |
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
ADIB KHORRAM - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award"Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I'd live in this book forever... |
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Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Sara Saedi - Ember
Format: Paperback
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At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply... |
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Displacement
Hughes, Kiku - FIRST SECOND
Format: Book
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A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes.
Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds... |
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh - Lionsgate
Format: DVD
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A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who is swept up in an insane adventure across the multiverse. |
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Parasite (Packaging may Vary)
Kang Ho Song - Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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*Box art may vary* Meet the Park family, the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children... |
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Turning Red
Domee Shi - Disney
Format: Book
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Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited, she 'poofs' into a giant red panda!
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Mississippi masala
Mira Nair - The Criterion Collection
Format: DVD
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Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twenty-something Mina spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius, their passionate romance... |
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Minari
Steven Yeun
Format: DVD
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A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability... |
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The Joy Luck Club
Oliver Stone; Wayne Wang; Amy Tan; Ronald Bass; Patrick Markey; All authors - Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor
Format: DVD
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Produced by Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone (Best Picture -- PLATOON) and based on the powerful #1 best-selling book, THE JOY LUCK CLUB tells the uplifting story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship... |
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Moana
Ron Clements, John Musker - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes MOANA, an epic adventure about a spirited teen who sets sail on a daring mission to save her people. Along the way, Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) meets the once mighty demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) , and together they cross the ocean on a fun-filled,... |
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Crazy Rich Asians
Constance Wu - Warner Brothers
Format: DVD
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When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like... |
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Raya and the last dragon- COMING SOON!
Osnat Shurer; Peter Del Vecho; Qui Nguyen; Adele Kim; Don Hall; All authors - Disney
Format: DVD
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Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known as the Druun threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, those same monsters have returned and it's up to a lone... |
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Fresh Off The Boat: The Complete Sixth Season
Randall Park - Twentieth Century Fox Television
Format: DVD
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Set in the '90s, hip-hop loving teenager Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang) and his family have lived in Orlando for a few years now and have assimilated nicely into the suburban American lifestyle. Cultural differences still present everyday challenges, but close friends, neighbors and business... |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Bingbing Li - Fox Searchlight
Format: DVD
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From the director of The Joy Luck Club, and based on the best-selling novel, comes a timeless portrait of female friendship. Centuries ago, two “sworn sisters” are isolated by their families, but stay connected through a secret language written in the folds of a white silk fan.... |
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Boogie
Eddie Huang - UNIVERSAL
Format: DVD
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Alfred ‘Boogie’ Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, N.Y., dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals, and the burden... |
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The Big Sick DVD
Michael Showalter - LIONSGATE
Format: DVD
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From acclaimed producer Judd Apatow (BRIDESMAIDS, TRAINWRECK) comes the film critics are calling ''the funniest date movie of 2017!'' (ROLLING STONE) --Lionsgate |
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