Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Native American Heritage Month

Love in the Library

By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 14 minutes

To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human—that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast—elderly people, children, babies—now live in... Read more

My Lost Freedom

A Japanese American World War II Story

By: George Takei
Narrated by: George Takei
Length: 36 minutes

A moving true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II—from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and author of the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy.

February 19, 1942. George Takei is four years old when his world changes forever. Two months... Read more

Sona and the Golden Beasts

By: Rajani LaRocca
Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio
Length: 9 hours 42 minutes

“Sona and the Golden Beasts by LaRocca: All readers deserve opportunities to explore the intricacies, nuances, and complexities of varying lived experiences, and LaRocca delivers in spades in her middle grade novel, Sona and the Golden Beasts. On the surface, all readers will be swept away in the face-paced plot of this fantasy novel, focusing on... Read more

Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies

By: Stacey Lee
Narrated by: Brian McCormick
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling author Stacey Lee's modern reimagining of a classic Chinese folktale—replete with magic, boba, and lots of trash talking. Twelve-year-old Winston Chu is supposed to learn impulse control at the cooking academy his mom enrolled him in. But learning to think before he acts won't happen... Read more

Lei and the Invisible Island

Lei and the Legends: Book #2

By: Malia Maunakea
Narrated by: Jennifer Robideau
Length: 8 hours 49 minutes

An exciting follow-up to Lei and the Fire Goddess features a mysterious, invisible island, dangerous spirits, and a newcomer who does not need Lei's help...or does she?

It turns out that curses are real.

After saving her best friend and ancestral guardian, Kaipo, from Pele the fire goddess’s traps and successfully preventing lava from destroying... Read more

Isabel in Bloom

By: Mae Respicio
Narrated by: Danice Cabanela & Mae Respicio
Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

A middle-school girl discovers a connection between her home in the Philippines and her new home in the U.S. through a special garden in “this sweet and heartfelt novel [that] explores how bumpy beginnings can offer chances for new growth” (The New York Times)

A National Council of Teachers of English Recommended Book

Twelve-year-old Isabel is the... Read more

City of Wishes (Legends of Lotus Island #3)

Legends of Lotus Island

By: Christina Soontornvat
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

From three-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle grade fantasy series for listeners who love stories about animals, magic, and kids like them embracing their power to change the world.During the New Year break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon City. There they'll stay with... Read more

Momo Arashima Breaks the Mirror of the Sun

Momo Arashima: Book #2

By: Misa Sugiura
Narrated by: Sara Matsui-Colby
Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

In the next book in the thrilling fantasy series filled with gods and monsters of Shinto mythology, a twelve-year-old girl must steal an ancient relic, work with new friends and learn to control her own dangerous power to defeat a new threat.

After vanquishing a demon king, saving her mom, and reconnecting with her friend Danny, Momo ought to be... Read more

Finally Heard

By: Kelly Yang
Narrated by: Sunny Lu & Kelly Yang
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes

From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes the sequel to Finally Seen “that tackles tweenhood and technology woes head-on” (School Library Journal, starred review) when Lina tries to navigate social media, only to discover not everything online is what it seems.

When ten-year-old Lina Gao sees her mom’s video on social media... Read more

You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh
Narrated by: David Lee Huynh, Dana Wing Lau, Ramon de Ocampo & Jeanne Syquia
Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

“I had a wonderful time following all the threads in this one! You Are Here brings together twelve authors to write twelve stories about twelve Asian-American kids in an airport, each with their own perspective on what's going down. With stories about speaking out and standing up for both yourself and others in the face of both unintentional and... Read more

Made in Asian America: A History for Young People

By: Erika Lee & Christina Soontornvat
Narrated by: Sura Siu
Length: 6 hours 1 minute

From three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the United States and who continue to shape what it means to be American.Asian American history is not made up of one single story. It’s many.... Read more

The Vanishing Station

By: Ana Ellickson
Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

The trains are not what they seem

Eighteen-year-old Filipino American Ruby Santos has been unmoored since her mother’s death. She’s always dreamed of going to art school, but instead, she and her father have had to move into the basement of their home and rent out the main floor while they work to pay back her mother’s hospital bills.

Then Ruby... Read more

Kill Her Twice

By: Stacey Lee
Narrated by: Jennie Kwan & Eunice Wong
Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

A YA murder mystery noir set in 1930s Los Angeles’s Chinatown, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl.

“A captivating and crackling noir full of suspenseful twists. Readers will fall in love with the Chow sisters and their quest for the truth.” —Kathleen Glasgow, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and... Read more

Dragonfruit

By: Makiia Lucier
Narrated by: Mapuana Makia
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

An Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book A USA TODAY bestseller One of NPR's 2024 ""Books We Love"" A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024 From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is... Read more

Snowglobe

The Snowglobe Duology: Book #1

By: Soyoung Park
Narrated by: Shannon Tyo, Greta Jung & Jeena Yi
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

“Nothing could have prepared me for all of the intricate twists and turns Park weaves into her dystopian world. Every page brings new revelations, new secrets that can still be hidden in a surveillance state. Tune into the drama for a show of a lifetime. . . maybe even multiple lifetimes. Read more

True Love and Other Impossible Odds

By: Christina Li
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Inventing a formula to predict people’s perfect partners doesn’t equate to love in this contemporary YA novel that New York Times bestsellers Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick call “honest, raw, and breathtakingly real.” College freshman Grace Tang never meant to rewrite the rules of love. She came to college to move on from a grief-stricken... Read more