Independent Reading Suggested Books for Exploring Identity: American Born Chinese
Additional Texts by the Author
- Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales by Gene Luen Yang
- Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Rift Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
- Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Search Omnibus by Gene Luen Yang
- Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
- Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang (550L)
Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- 1001 Cranes by Naomi Hirahara (720L)
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang (640L)
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (800L)
- Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu (GN360L)
- Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park (690L)
- Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes (430L)
- The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor (GN390L)
- The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani (730L)
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee (860L)
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
- A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki (1120L)
- Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha
- Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain by Russell Freedman
- Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong
- Exclusion and the Chinese American Story (Race to the Truth) by Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn (1200L)
- Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (1040L)
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo
- Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
- So Far from the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins (730L)
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