All Books
Every book in the catalog, filterable by stage, topic, theme, geography, or perspective.
17 books
Ants Among Elephants
Sujatha Gidla
An untouchable family. Christianity didn't help. Communism didn't either.
✦ READ – REFLECT → RESIST
Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros
Every summer to Mexico. They always bring the past.
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Front Desk
Kelly Yang
Dream big, even from behind the counter.
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Funny in Farsi
Firoozeh Dumas
An Iranian family in California. Dad is an eternal optimist.
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How to Read the Air
Dinaw Mengestu
Reconstructing a father through his parents' journey.
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Lailah's Lunchbox
Reem Faruqi
Fasting. New school. She finds the words.
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Obasan
Joy Kogawa
Canada interned its Japanese citizens. One woman breaks the silence.
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Saffron Ice Cream
Rashin Kheiriyeh
An Iranian girl in America, missing home. The beach helps.
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Severance
Ling Ma
The pandemic made everyone repeat their routines until they died.
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Teacher Man
Frank McCourt
Thirty years teaching New York kids. He survived by storytelling.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Comic books save the world (kinda).
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu
An Ethiopian refugee. A DC corner store. Change.
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The Inheritance of Loss
Kiran Desai
The Himalayas, an insurgency, and a cook's son in New York.
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The People of Paper
Salvador Plascencia
Characters who know they're in a novel. They revolt.
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
A Pakistani man in New York watches America turn against him.
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The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese myths. California childhood. The silences in between.
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We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo
She escapes Zimbabwe. Discovers escape is also a loss.
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