American born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang(2006)Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
Hey, Hmong girl, whassup? : the journal of Choua Vang by Leah Rempel(2004)This novel in journal form conveys the thoughts and feelings of a teenager, Choua Vang, growing up in Minnesota, coping with her family's strict old-world traditions and her friends' and classmates' yearning to be grown-up and independent - and American. It may well be the first book of juvenile fiction directly concerning current issues of race, acculturation, and family among the Hmong in America. (description, from Peppercorn Books)
Necessary roughness by Marie G. Lee(1996)Sixteen-year-old Korean American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.
Nothing but the truth : and a few white lies by Justina Chen Headley(2006)Fifteen-year-old Patty Ho, half Taiwanese and half white, feels she never fits in, but when her overly-strict mother ships her off to math camp at Stanford, instead being miserable, Patty starts to become comfortable with her true self.
Seeing Emily by Joyce Lee Wong(2005)Relates in free verse the experiences of sixteen-year-old Emily, a gifted artist and the daughter of immigrants to the United States, as she tries to reconcile her American self with her Chinese heritage.
Shadow of the dragon by Sherry Garland(1993)High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.
A step from heaven by An Na(2001)A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
The stone goddess by Minfong Ho(2003)After the Communists take over Cambodia and her family is torn from their city life, twelve-year-old Nakri and her older sister attempt to maintain their hope as well as their classical dancing skills in the midst of their struggle to survive.
Tangled threads : a Hmong girl's story by Pegi Deitz Shea(2003)After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage.
Under the blood-red sun by Graham Salisbury(1994)Tomikazu Nakaji's biggest concerns are baseball, homework, and a local bully, until life with his Japanese family in Hawaii changes drastically after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
Wait for me by An Na(2006)As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.
Zazoo by Richard Mosher(2001)Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a thirteen-year-old Vietnamese orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns about life, death, and love.
