Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month With These Reads!

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May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Originating in 1978, the first ten days of May were celebrated as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. This time was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of two events: on May 7, 1843, the first Japanese immigrant, Nakahama Manjirō, arrived in the US; and on May 10, 1869 the first transcontinental railroad was completed, which was constructed with Chinese labor. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush declared the month of May Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and in 2021 under President Joe Biden it was declared Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Listed below is a small collection of books celebrating the voices of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, which can be checked out with your Grayslake Library Card.


Adult Memoir and Biography

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Se-hŭi Paek

Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong

Local: A Memoir by Jessica Machado


Adult Fiction

Ghost Music: A Novel by An Yu

Daughters of the New Year: A Novel by E. M. Tran

Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang


Teen Fiction

We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lại

A Phở Love Story by Loan Le

Seoulmates by Susan Lee

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay


Middle Grade Fiction

Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan

Eva Evergreen: Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe

The Guardian Test by Christina Soontornvat

Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte

Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea


Young Reader

I Can Be All Three by Salima Alikhan

Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park

A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

Dim Sum, Here We Come! by Maple Lam

Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? by Helen Yoon

Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu

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