Mitali Perkins

From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.

2) Bamboo people: a novel

Author

Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Staff Picks 2021-2022

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

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Round Rock Public Library - Young Adult Collections (1st floor) 1 available

YA PER

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[2010]	Charlesbridge	272 pages ; 22 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Young Adult Collections (1st floor) 1 available YA PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.

3) Between us and Abuela: a family story from the border

Author

Hispanic Heritage Month - Children

Pub. Date

2019]

Language

English

Appears on list

Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available

E PER

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2019]	Farrar Straus Giroux	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available E PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

When Maria, Juan, and their mother go to the border between California and Mexico to visit their grandmother at Christmas, Maria must devise a way to get Juan's gift over the fence.

4) Tiger boy

Author

Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

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Round Rock Public Library - Blue shelves (1st floor) 1 available

J PER

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
[2015]	Charlesbridge	140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Blue shelves (1st floor) 1 available J PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

A tiger cub's escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men.

5) Forward me back to you

Author

Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Appears on list

Round Rock Public Library - Young Adult Collections (1st floor) 1 available

YA PER

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2019.	First edition.	Farrar Straus Giroux	415 pages ; 22 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Young Adult Collections (1st floor) 1 available YA PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

Told in separate voices, this is the story of Kat and Robin, who leave Boston on a church mission to help combat human trafficking in India while Kat recovers from a sexual assault and Robin seeks his birth mother.

6) Home is in between

Author

Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Immigrant Heritage Month - Children
Storytime @ Home: Kindness

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

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Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available

E PER

Publication Date	Edition	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2021.	First edition.	Farrar Straus Giroux	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available E PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

Immigrating to America, a young girl navigates between her family's Bengali traditions and her new country's culture.

7) Bare tree and little wind: a story for Holy Week

Author

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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Easter - Kids

Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available

ENF 232.96 PER

Publication Date	Publisher	Physical Description	Language	Availability
2022.	WaterBrook	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm	English	On Shelf Round Rock Public Library - Yellow shelves (1st floor) 1 available ENF 232.96 PER	More Info Place Hold

Description

"Children's picture book telling the biblical story of Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday from the perspective of fictional characters Bare Tree and Little Wind."--

8) Rickshaw girl

Author

Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

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[2007]	Charlesbridge	91 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

Description

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.

9) Steeped in stories: timeless children's novels to refresh our tired souls

Author

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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[2021]	Broadleaf Books	vi, 237 pages ; 19 cm	English	Checked Out Quick Copy View See Full Copy Details	More Info Place Hold

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