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96 Words for Love
By Rachel Roy and Ava DashWhen her grandmother passes away, Raya decides to spend her summer at the Indian ashram where her grandparents fell in love and where she hopes to find answers to her future. -
After the Shot Drops
By Randy RibayNazir and Bunny were best friends before Bunny left for private school on an athletic scholarship. Now, Bunny plays basketball while Nazir struggles to help his cousin facing eviction. With their lives in disarray, both must decide who they are as people and who they want to be. -
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
By Robin HaHa’s graphic memoir explores her journey to a new country and her struggles with culture shock and loneliness. It delves into the idea of straddling two cultures and simultaneously feeling a part of both and neither. -
Blue Boy: A Novel
By Rakesh SatyalIn this sharp novel about coming of age, coming out, and growing sexuality, makeup and ballet-loving Ohio tween Kiran Sharma tries to shed his outcast status by performing in his school's fall talent show as Krishna, the Hindu god of compassion and love. -
Born Confused
By Tanuja Desai HidierDimple Lala's conflicted feelings about her Indian heritage come to a head when her best friend wants to learn more about Indian culture to catch the eye of attractive college student Karsh Kapoor, a friend of the Lala family. -
The Cartographers
By Amy ZhangSeventeen-year-old Ocean Wu moves to New York City to start college, but she defers her enrollment, keeping it a secret from her immigrant mother, and instead uses the time to deal with her ambivalence about her place in the world.
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Chloe and the Kaishao Boys
By Mae CoyiutoSeventeen-year-old Chinese Filipina Chloe's father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates to convince her to stay close to their Manila home for college.
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Displacement
By Kiku HughesWhile on vacation in San Francisco, Kiku finds herself transported back to 1940s America—to the same Japanese incarceration camp her grandmother was relocated to. She experiences the anger, hopelessness, perseverance, and resistance of the Nisei and Issei. -
An Echo in the City
By K.X. SongTwo star-crossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary novel about coming of age in a time of change.
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Flamer
By Mike CuratoAidan is at Boy Scouts camp for the summer. On top of growing feelings for his roommate, Aidan also deals with racism, bullying, and self-esteem issues. As the summer progresses, he finds himself with a lot of questions and compounding emotions, culminating in his self-discovery. -
Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend
By Brandon HoàngAs one of only two Asian Americans in his school and often left out, Gary jumps at the chance to break into the school's popular clique by befriending the most beautiful girl in school. But as he comes closer to achieving his goal, Gary also risks losing the only person who sees the real him.
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love
By Maurene GooStar student Desi Lee is at the top of her game, but is unlucky is love. Will the K-dramas she and her father watch obsessively help her figure out the steps to getting her one true love? -
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
By Malaka GharibGharib depicts her experience growing up as a first-generation American, the daughter of a Catholic Filipino mother and Muslim Egyptian father, and her struggles to stay true to herself as she moves from a diverse high school to a predominantly white university. -
Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
Alejandra Kim doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her super Spanish name and super Korean face do not compute to her mostly white "woke" classmates and teachers. In her Jackson Heights neighborhood, she's not Latinx enough. Even at home, Ale feels unwelcome.
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Isle of Blood and Stone
By Makiia LucierThis historical fantasy follows royal explorer Elias on a quest to solve the mystery of what really happened to the long-lost princes during a fateful royal picnic. Amidst intrigue and danger, Elias will follow a dangerous map to find the truth. -
The Karma Map
By Nisha SharmaA youth group's temple road trip through India is a liberating escape for former mean girl Tara Bajaj and aspiring photojournalist Silas D'Souza-Gupta to explore their past and feelings for each other.
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Lunar New Year Love Story
By Gene Luen YangIllustrated by LeUyen Pham | Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed—no one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love. But then, a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Could this be her chance to break the family curse?
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The Magic Fish
By Trung Le NguyenYoung Tiến wants to tell his mother he’s gay, but he doesn’t know how. His mother struggles with English, and he doesn’t know the right words in Vietnamese. But through the language of fairy tales, Tiến and his mother find a way to connect and create their own happily-ever-after. -
A Map to the Sun
By Sloane LeongFive teenage girls form a basketball team and a reluctant friendship as they navigate major life changes and difficult choices. Saturated in bright neons, this beautiful graphic novel captures the pain, messiness, and joy of teenage girlhood. -
A Match Made in Mehendi
By Nandini BajpaiSimi's best friend Noah convinces her to follow in her mother's and grandmother’s footsteps and become a matchmaker. When they create an app based on the family business, it goes viral, and life at their suburban New Jersey high school is turned upside down. -
The Name Drop
By Susan LeeDiscovering a mix-up due to their shared Korean name, interns Elijah Ri and Jessica Lee decide to stay switched so Elijah can escape his controlling father, while Jessica secures college recommendations—but the one thing they didn't count on was falling in love.
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One Girl in All the World
By Kendare BlakeBlake returns to New Sunnydale in this sequel to In Every Generation, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Hellmouth has been reawakened, inter-dimensional portals are opening, and an oracle warns of a new foe on its way: the Darkness.
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The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo
By Garrett HongoA poet’s audio obsession, from collecting his earliest vinyl to his quest for the ideal vacuum tubes. A captivating book that “ingeniously mixes personal memoir with cultural history and offers us an indispensable guide for the search of acoustic truth.
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Rani Patel in Full Effect
By Sonia PatelRani, a Gujarati Indian teen living on the island of Moloka'i, copes with predatory men (including her father), isolation at school, and a distant mother by becoming a bold feminist rapper named MC Sutra. But the path to finding her power is filled with dark detours. -
She Is a Haunting
By Trang Thanh TranSeventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyen is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans.
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Stars and Smoke
By Marie LuThe story of a superstar tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner.
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When Dimple Met Rishi
By Sandhya MenonTo Dimple Shah, technology camp at Stanford is a breath of fresh air from her mother's obsession with finding her a husband. For Rishi Patel, it's a chance to woo his future wife. When opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways. -
When You Wish Upon a Lantern
By Gloria ChaoA romance about teens who devote themselves to granting other people's wishes, but are too afraid to let them selves have their own hearts' desires—each other.
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Written in the Stars
By Aisha SaeedWhen Naila falls in love with Saif, someone not of her parents' choosing, they travel to Pakistan to remind Naila of her cultural roots. The trip takes on another meaning, however, when it comes to light that an arranged marriage is in the works—something Naila did not consent to. -
You Bring the Distant Near
By Mitali PerkinsThis multigenerational story follows five women as they move from India to England to America. They navigate their racial identity, cultural differences, and familial duty in a new world while attempting to discover their best selves.