Jamie Jo Hoang writes about intergenerational trauma in her book My Father, the Panda Killer. Her focus is on the perilous journeys out of conflict that many took during the Vietnam War Era. Hoang tells her story with alternating perspectives—that of Phúc, who was born into wartime during the Vietnam War and that of Jane, 他的女儿. As Jane struggles to understand her father’s anger and abuse, 她在记忆中寻找源头, 在家庭故事中, 在历史上. Readers learn that Phúc’s soul lives in the rings of the Banyan tree where he escapes to play his bamboo flute. 当他11岁时,阅读更多→

Anyone looking for a book with a strong female character will find it in 莉莲姆·里维拉的《勉强漂浮. 故事发生在洛杉矶东部, Rivera’s book features twelve-year-old Natalie de la Cruz Rivera y Santiago, 又称Nat. A hard-to-contain fat girl with astucras (cunning), Nat feels it is her duty to school anyone who acts out of bounds. Bull-dozing her way into situations, she’s fearless. After seeing the performance of an artistic swimming team, 洛杉矶美人鱼, Nat decides she wishes to be on the synchronized swimming team. She not only wants to do something glamorous but to wear the sequined and shiny costumes. 然而,阅读更多→

故事发生在70年代的圣莫尼卡, 加州上空的云,由Karyn Parsons创作 tells the story of a mixed-race sixth grader. 斯蒂芬妮·莫里森, 又名史蒂夫, moves to a new neighborhood at a critical time in her life, 所以交朋友增加了一层挑战. Her best friend from her former school has moved on, and talking about boys and fingernail polish are not Stevie’s thing. 对史蒂维来说,图书馆就像是一种教堂. She’s also loves to skate and imagines herself in an Olympic arena as a Roller Derby queen defending the team’s lead. 当她的表妹娜奥米来住阅读更多→

Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre identifies as a socially awkward lesbian until she realizes there is more to her identity. Not a risk taker, Bianca knows a lot about hiding. 事实上, 她隐藏了自己的性取向, 她的性格, and often herself as she peers in on the lives of others using her birdwatching telescope. 当比安卡看到她的邻居, 史蒂芬·列别捷夫, 对面的另一个隐士, 会被谋杀, 除了她最好的朋友没有人相信她, 安德森科尔曼. The two live near one another in North Hollywood and decide to solve the murder of Mr. 阴谋论,这是他们对他最深刻的印象. 当他们解开阅读更多→

Set in the early eighties, 贝蒂·C的《降落伞孩子. 唐 is a graphic novel that shares the challenges faced by Chinese children who were “dropped off” with friends or relatives in foreign countries while their parents stayed behind. Hoping to provide a better life for their children, these parents often missed out on the trials endured by their offspring. Without the supportive nurturing and guidance of their parents, these youth faced the challenges of a new country, 文化, 和语言. 从台湾抵达加州, Ke-Gāng, Feng-Li, 和Jia-X很快就被父母“遗弃”了, whose Visas require them to return to their home阅读更多→

Told in five parts and written from the perspective of a Mars’ Rover intermixed with letters from Sophie, 《皇冠登录welcome》作者:Jasmine Warga targets middle grade readers who are fascinated by space, 地球科学, 和计算机编码. Inspired by NASA’s real Mars’ Rover, Warga creates Resilience. Under the influence of Warga’s pen and through anthropomorphism, Resilience learns important lessons about what it might mean to be human. Res develops relationships with two NASA scientists, Rania and Xander who work in 加州’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and with a community of machines, 即旅程, 飞, 和《皇冠登录welcome》. Built for observation, Resilience awakens to knowledge. 虽然不是阅读更多→

Although Mason Deaver’s novel The Feeling of Falling in Love is indeed a love story, 正如标题所暗示的那样, 这也与自尊有关, 社会阶层差异, and the exploration of sexual and gender identity. Neil Kearney, a transgender teen, has a “friends with benefits” relationship with his friend Josh. Both use the relationship for stress relief and mutual pleasure. 然而, when Josh decides he loves Neil, Neil panics and invokes the Pull-Out Clause. Now, he has a week to prove to Josh that he has moved on with his roommate, Wyatt Fowler.  What could possibly go wrong, especially since Wyatt claims to be a阅读更多→

At age ten, Zhang Ai Shi becomes an object sorting machine. 注重实际和本质的, her dolls and dress-up clothes go in the give-away pile as the family packs for Duarte, 加州, 从台北, 台湾. Because the Chinese name for America is “the beautiful country,艾石兴奋地期待着这次旅行. 然而, what Ai Shi discovers “in the land of more” is that her world is rather small. As her parents endure vandalism and work relentlessly to make ends meet, Ai Shi must help out in “the store” while learning the paradox of being simultaneously grateful and sad. 在学校,她是阅读更多→

贾斯珀·桑切斯的《皇冠登录welcome》 is a huge undertaking. While it accurately depicts the “clique-centric hierarchy” and popularity contests that exist in high schools across the United States, it also dives deeply into ideologies—both political and personal. 还有桑切斯笔下的人物, the reader will confront some difficult questions and ponder possible solutions. One of those key questions is How do you claim space in a world that doesn’t want you? Sanchez expertly points out that everyone’s normal is different, 在一个异性恋社会里, 这一事实必然会引发一些冲突. Initially, the book seems to be about a transgender teen who grows阅读更多→