asian americans

Three Asian American teen girls look for direction in their lives as they compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament.

"This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today"--Amazon.

One summer during the Financial Crisis, fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan makes deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery, but he is secretly cast in a play about the young Leonard Bernstein. Includes author's note.

"Starting a film club at school, Felix Ma asks Cassie Chow, a bubbly high school senior who shares his anxieties about the future and parental expectations, to star in his short film, but his lighthearted mockumentary unexpectedly uncovers their most painful memories"--OCLC.

"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost. . . . After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's grade, Liam Yeung, starts showing up too, Ruby's humiliation is complete. But Nai-Nai, her friends, and Liam all surprise Ruby. She finds herself working with Liam . . . to help save a historic Chinatown bakery that's being priced out of the neighborhood. And alongside Nai-Nai, who is keeping a secret that threatens to change everything, Ruby retraces Ye-Ye's scavenger hunt maps in an attempt to find a way out of her grief--and maybe even find herself"--Provided by publisher.

A young girl finds comfort and solace in fond memories of her deceased, beloved grandfather, which help her cope with his death.

"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost. . . . After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's grade, Liam Yeung, starts showing up too, Ruby's humiliation is complete. But Nai-Nai, her friends, and Liam all surprise Ruby. She finds herself working with Liam . . . to help save a historic Chinatown bakery that's being priced out of the neighborhood. And alongside Nai-Nai, who is keeping a secret that threatens to change everything, Ruby retraces Ye-Ye's scavenger hunt maps in an attempt to find a way out of her grief--and maybe even find herself"--Provided by publisher.

"An illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans, profiling 20 more groundbreaking women and men from diverse backgrounds and vocations"--Provided by publisher.

"This nonfiction book presents the life story of Dalip Singh Saund. He was the first Asian American, Indian American, and Sikh American to be elected to Congress"--Amazon.com.

This book tells the story of Tony Hsieh, an American entrepreneur who was the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos.