Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Book Discussion- AANHPI

This program is online and in person.  In recognition of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will read Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng.  Bird is 12, home is a 10th-floor dorm apartment without a working elevator. His Harvard professor father has been demoted to clerical duties at the library. Since his mother, Margaret, left three years ago, Bird is called Noah; anything to disassociate from her since she’s a PAO (person of Asian origin) who’s being hunted for threatening PACT: the "Preserving American Culture and Traditions Act." She’s become the de facto voice behind the battle cry “Our missing hearts,” channeling stolen children and sundered families.  When Bird’s new and only friend, Sadie, disappears, Bird can be a bystander no more.