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Watercress by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin
Children's Books

Watercress by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family’s Chinese Heritage. Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a […]

Tidesong by Wendy Xu
Comics & Graphic Novels, Sci Fi & Fantasy, Young Adult

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

Features an ambitious 12-year-old who moves to a seaside town with her aunts for an apprenticeship in magic and realizes that it may be more […]

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina
Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021

A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman’s journey to understanding her complicated parents–her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran–and […]

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
Sci Fi & Fantasy

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

“Am I dead?” Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask. Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel […]

The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
Love Stories

The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of […]

Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang
Sci Fi & Fantasy

Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters. In The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate, […]

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Love Stories

The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Public radio co-hosts navigate mixed signals in Rachel Lynn Solomon’s sparkling romantic comedy debut. Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio […]

From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn
Love Stories, Young Adult

From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

If Rika’s life seems like the beginning of a familiar fairy tale–being an orphan with two bossy cousins and working away in her aunts’ business–she […]

K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
Young Adult

K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

In this romantic coming-of-age novel about chasing big dreams, a Korean-American girl travels to Seoul in hopes of debuting in a girl group at the […]

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen
Love Stories, Young Adult

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, […]

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