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1) Minari
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A tender and sweeping story about what roots people that follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, this film shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home." --
Author
Language
English
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AANHPI Heritage Month
AAPI Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
AAPI Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
NYT - Paperback Nonfiction
Description
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the...
Author
Language
English
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AANHPI Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Description
"Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet their first month at prestigious Edwards University. Phoebe is a glamorous girl who doesn't tell anyone she blames herself for her mother's recent death. Will is a misfit scholarship boy who transfers to Edwards from Bible college, waiting tables to get by. What he knows for sure is that he loves Phoebe. Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is increasingly drawn into a religious group--a secretive extremist cult--founded...
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Song Lee books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Song Lee is upset when she receives hateful notes in class, but she finds an appropriate and positive way to deal with them.
Author
Series
Song Lee books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Spring becomes a memorable time for Miss Mackle's second-grade classroom because of the antics of Horrible Harry and the special insights of shy Song Lee.
8) Shelter
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Kyung Cho's home is worth less money than he owes. A tenure-track professor, he and his wife, Gillian, have always lived beyond their means. Now their decisions have caught up with them, and Kyung is anxious for his family's future: all he wants is to provide the home that was denied him to their son. Not that he ever wanted for pleasing things -- his father moved the family from Korea, and made good money engineering patents for the university that...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims... Through the lives of an indelible array of individuals--musicians, housewives and pastors, children and grandparents, the men and women who own the dry cleaners...
10) No kimchi for me
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Yoomi hates stinky spicy kimchi--until Grandma makes kimchi pancakes for her!"--
11) Umma
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Amanda and her daughter live a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her alienated mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the dread of turning into her own mother.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"This is the story of Sunny Park, a seventh-grade student at Ranchito Mesa Middle who loves the K-pop band Supreme Beat, hanging out with her cool grandma, dancing when no one is watching, snacking on shrimp chips, and being there for Bailey, her best friend since third grade. When Bailey decides that she and Sunny should audition for the school dance team in a ploy to parent-trap Bailey's divorced mom and dad, Sunny agrees even though the thought...
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"When another student tries to sabotage Mindy and Sally's Yummy Seaweed Business, Mindy loses more than she bargained for and wonders whether she'll ever fit in at her new school."
16) My tree
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boy makes a connection with a plum tree after moving to a new home"--
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Series
Horrible Harry volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Working on a dragon project in Room 3B leads to a war between two good friends--Harry and Song Lee.
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Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deliciously dark tale of America’s dysfunctional coming years—and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Seattle Times • O: The Oprah Magazine • Maureen Corrigan, NPR • Salon...
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Language
English
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Instead of going to prom, seventeen-year-old Elena Soo wants to spend her time saving the local community center, and she is determined to keep her priorities straight even when her childhood best friend--who is now a K-pop superstar--returns to make goodon their old pact to go to prom together.