Award Winners - Asian/Pacific American Literature Award
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2007 (Author)
+YA HEADL - Nothing But the Truth: And a Few White Lies by Justina Chen Headley
Fifteen-year-old Patty Ho, half Taiwanese and half white, feels she never fits in, but when her overly-strict mother ships her off to math camp at Stanford, instead being miserable, Patty starts to become comfortable with her true self.
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2004-2005 (Author)
+KADOH - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.Also Available In:
2004-2005 (Illustrator) -
2001-2003 (Author)
YA NA - A Step from Heaven by An Na
A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.Also Available In:
2001-2003 (Illustrator)
+E WONG - Apple Pie Fourth of July by Janet S. Wong
A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten.
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Relates the classic tale from early seventeenth-century Korea of the son of a powerful minister who uses martial arts, magic, and the wisdom of the I Ching to lead a band of followers to right the wrongs of rulers during the Chosun dynasty
+E PARK - The Firekeeper's Son by Linda Sue Park
In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Includes historical notes.
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