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The Year of the Dog: A Novel

Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

Home Is East

After her mother moves out, a ten-year-old Cambodian American girl and her old-fashioned father leave their home in Florida to begin a new life in San Diego, experiencing turmoil and change as they slowly adjust to their new circumstances.

The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam

A collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam.

Shadow of the Dragon

High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.

The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen

When her grandparents come for a visit from India to California, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends.

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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults

Twenty-nine stories about the saga of what it means to be young and Filipino.

Murakami Sisters

Video on the Murakami sisters who owned and ran the Higo 99 cent store. From the exhibit, Meet Me at Higo.

Going Home, Coming Home

A young girl visits her grandmother in Vietnam where her parents were born and learns that she can call two places home.