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• Dragonfruit

  Lucier, Makiia,

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  A story inspired by Pacific Island mythology. Sam is the last remaining prince in a matriarchal society. Hanalei, the daughter of an old island family forced into exile, is given the chance to return and to right a wrong.

• Family Style

  Memories of An American From Vietnam

  Pham, Thien,

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  Thien's first memory is the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. Through each chapter of the Pham family's lives, each food shares a story about a search for belonging, for happiness, for the American dream.

• Lunar New Year Love Story

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  Val is ready to give up on love. She's pretty sure she's cursed. But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse?

• Halfway There

  a Graphic Memoir of Self-discovery

  Mari, Christine,

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  "A Japanese American college student reconnects with her roots in Tokyo, Japan, while wrestling with feelings of loneliness, depression, and cultural identity confusion."

• Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

  Park, Patricia (Fiction writer),

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  When a microaggression at school thrusts Ale into the spotlight--and into a discussion she didn't ask for--Ale must discover what is means to carve out a space for yourself to belong.

• The Loophole

  Kutub, Naz,

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  Sy, a seventeen-year-old gay Indian American boy, travels the world for a second chance at love after a possibly magical heiress grants him three wishes.

• The Magic Fish

  Nguyen, Trung Le,

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  Talking with your parents is hard, but Tié̂n doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?

• A Phở Love Story

  Le, Loan,

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  Bảo Nguye̋n is his parents' fifth favorite employee at their restaurant. Linh Mai practically works full-time at her family's phở restaurant. After a chance encounter, sparks fly. Can this relationship survive their families' feud?

• The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee

  Oh, Ellen,

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  When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must find a way out with the help of a cute boy all while facing off against a villainous corporation.

• The American Dream?

  a Journey on Route 66, Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito

  Khor, Shing Yin,

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  Born in Malaysia, immigrated to Los Angeles, Khor decides to drive from L.A. to Chicago with their tiny dog along Route 66, a part of America that is more American than anything else. A graphic memoir.

• Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions

  Dhillon, Navdeep Singh,

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  After his brother's death, Sunny Gill has decided to fill a notebook with rash decisions. Then his notebook is stolen by Mindii Vang, a girl who is in the middle of some rash decisions of her own.

• On Again, Awkward Again

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  High school freshmen, Pacy and Cecil, share a look of love at first sight that sparks a series of mistakes and awkward interactions that become part of their love story.

• Magic Has No Borders

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  From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection reimagines South Asian folklore, legends, and epics.

• Messy Roots

  a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

  Gao, Laura,

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  This funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American's immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why she is attracted to girls.

• Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

  Patel, Sonia,

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  As memories of childhood sexual assault resurface in her first year of college, eighteen-year-old East Indian American Gita struggles to maintain her model student persona.

• Last Night at the Telegraph Club

  Lo, Malinda,

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  With the threat of deportation looming over her father--in spite of his hard-won citizenship and disavowal of Communism--seventeen-year-old American-born Chinese Lily Hu pursues a relationship with her Caucasian classmate Kath.

• Patron Saints of Nothing

  Ribay, Randy,

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  When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more.

• Love, Hate & Other Filters

  Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer),

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  American-born 17-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between the proper world her parents expect for their good Indian daughter and the world of her dreams. There's also the real world, beyond Maya's control.

• All My Rage

  Tahir, Sabaa,

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  A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.

• Kween

  Chum, Vichet,

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  Soma Kear has become a viral MC but she didn't exactly think the whole thing through and everything's a hot mess. With every line she spits, Soma is searching for a way to make sense of the world around her.