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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

Purpose of this award is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit. The awards are announced each January during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.

Adult Fiction

The End of Peril, End of Enmity, End of Strife by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

Though I Get Home by YZ Chin

Adult Non-Fiction

Not Quite Not White : Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Sen

Litany for the Long Moment by Mary-Kim Arnold

Young Adult

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Call Number: YA F KHO-A (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525552963
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan

Children's

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Call Number: Juv F YAN (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781338157826
Publication Date: 2019-06-25
After emigrating from China, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel, despite the nasty owner, Mr. Yao, who exploits them, while she works the front desk and tries to cope with fitting in at her school.

The House that Lou Built by Mae Respicio

The House That Lou Built by Respicio, Mae
Call Number: JUV F RES (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781524717957
Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.

Picture Book

Drawn Together by Minh Lê ; illustrated by Dan Santat

Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan Santat (Illustrator)
Call Number: Easy LE (Easy Fiction)
ISBN: 9781484767603
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

Grandmother's Visit by Betty Quan ; illustrated by Carmen Mok