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Almost American Girl is an incredibly honest, deeply moving graphic novel memoir exploring immigration, extreme culture shock, and a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. Through creative color choices and brilliant visual storytelling, Ha beautifully depicts the pain of isolation and the power of finding oneself through art.
All My Rage weaves a brilliant, multi-generational story of love, systemic injustice, and survival through the eyes of two Pakistani American teens in a small desert town. Tackling institutional bias, grief, and addiction with breathtaking emotional ferocity, this powerful novel discusses structural privilege, empathy, and resilience.
A groundbreaking, dual-language poetic powerhouse! Longlisted for the National Book Award, José Olivarez’s Promises of Gold explores every dimension of love from lifelong friendships to the fracturing weight of capitalism with raw, accessible heart. Featuring a flip-over Spanish translation!
An extraordinary ownvoices story, Breathe and Count Back from Ten masterfully balances the universal trials of teenage independence with the specific realities of living with hip dysplasia. Natalia Sylvester delivers a deeply relatable, nuanced window into an immigrant family’s expectations and a girl determined to claim her own body.
When worry takes on a life of its own! This graphic novel personifies a middle-schooler’s anxiety as a chaotic, shadowy twin named Viola. Blending the trial of changing schools with the complex cultural pressures of growing up in a Chinese immigrant family, it offers a visually striking, deeply poignant look at finding coping strategies and seeking clinical help.