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Series
Horrible Harry volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Horrible Harry and Song Lee have been best friends since kindergarten. But when they have to work together on a project about dragons, they get into a fight that threatens to end their friendship.
2) Juna's jar
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
After her best friend, Hector, moves away, Juna's brother Minho tries to make her feel better by finding things to put in her special kimchi jar, and each night, whatever is in the jar takes her on a magical journey in search of Hector. Includes glossary.
3) I'm Ok
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Ok, a Korean American boy, tries a get rich quick scheme of starting a hair braiding business and winning the school talent competition to hide the fact that he is struggling with the loss of his father and the financial hardships he and his mother must now bear.
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On the last day of second grade, Song Lee's party at the local amusement park forces Harry to face his fear of elevators when he is expected to ride the Drop of Doom.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love"--
Author
Series
Pippa Park volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Publisher Annotation: Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically...
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Series
Gifted clans volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps, she's a saram—a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and often feels like the odd one out in her family and the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
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AAPI Heritage Reading List for Kids & Teens
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Newbery
Readopoly Community Garden Recommendations
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage
Newbery
Readopoly Community Garden Recommendations
Description
"When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives. The tiger offers Lily a deal- if Lily will open her grandmother's star jars and return what she stole, the tiger will heal her grandmother. But deals with tigers are never what they seem! With the help of her sister and her new friend Ricky, Lily must find her voice . . . and the courage to face a tiger. Tae Keller,...
10) I'm New Here
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
Author
Series
Gifted clans volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Riley Oh ventures into the Spiritrealm, where she hopes to convince Saint Heo Jun to become the new patron god of the Gom clan and restore their healing powers.
12) Project Mulberry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
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 good on their old pact to go to prom together.
14) No kimchi for me
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Yoomi hates stinky spicy kimchi--until Grandma makes kimchi pancakes for her!"--
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Sixteen-year-old Korean American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.
18) Troublemaker
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
On the first night of rioting in the wake of the Rodney King verdict, Jordan's father leaves to check on the family store, spurring twelve-year-old Jordan and his friends to embark on a dangerous journey through South Central and Koreatown to come to his aid, encountering the racism within their community as they go.
Author
Series
Horrible Harry volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Horrible Harry falls in love with Song Lee, and Harry's best friend, Doug, can't stand all that mush.
Author
Series
Cul-de-sac kids volume 1
Pub. Date
1995, c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When their new Korean sisters do not arrive at the airport, Abby and Carly have a mystery to solve, with God's help.