RIYL Asian Teens

Asian Teens.pdf
Asian American History.pdf

Books Featuring Asian Teens

Akiko Series by Mark Crilley 

American Dragons: 25 Asian American Voices by Laurence Yep

The Case of the Lion Dance by Lawrence Yep 

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee 

Growing up Asian American, An Anthology edited by Maria Hong

April and the Dragon Lady by Lensey Namioka

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep

Extras by Scott Westerfeld 

Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury (Japanese American)

Finding My Voice by Marie G. Lee

Forbidden City by William Bell

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

The Green Ginger Jar by Clara Ingram Judson

Half and Half by Lensey Namioka 

Hiroshima Dreams Kelly Easton

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord

The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F. C. Lee 

Inside out and back again by Thanhha Lai

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Key Collection by Andrea Cheng 

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

Keep it Together Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence

The Land I Lost by Huynh Quang Nhuong

Legend Series by Marie Lu

A Long Way From Home Maureen Crane Wartski

Love, Love by Victoria Chang 

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee 

Master Puppeteer by Katherine Patterson

Not your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg 

A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata 

Samurai Shortstop by Alan gratz

Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland

Shizuko’s Daughter by Kyoko Mori

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

Sign of the Qin by L. G. Bass

So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima

Split Image: A Story in Poems by Mel Glenn

Stanford Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee

A Step from Heaven by An Na

Three Keys by Kelly Yang

Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka

Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury

Want and Ruse by Cindy Pon

Warcross (series) by Marie Lu

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Haslip

When My Name was Keoko by Linda Sue Park

The Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

 

92 Biography

Drawing From Memory by Allen Say

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Red Scarf Girl:A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji Li Jiang


from YALSABK 4/26/2012

Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo

Girl Overboard by Justina Headley

Mismatch by Lansey Namioka

Warriors in the crossfire by Bo Flood

Sold by Patricia McCormick (India)

She's So Money by Cherry Cheva

Orchards - Holly Thompson (Novel in verse)

Somebody's Daughter - Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Anya's War - Andrea Alban

An Ocean Apart, A World Away - Lindsey Namioka

Karma - Kathy Ostlere (novel in verse)

Books by Mitali Perkins

Cat Girl's Day Off by Kimberly Pauley

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Bitter Melon by Cara Chow

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley


Graphic Novels 741.5:

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Khor 


Resources:

Link Back to  RIYL Book Lists Table of Contents.  Link back: "To Genrefy or not to Genrefy?" Workshop,  CSLA 2020 In the City of Industry.If you have any suggestions to add to this list, please contact mrsgteach@yahoo.comUpdated on 05/05/2023