Books for Middle & High School Students - Available at SASD
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Frankly in Love by David Yoon - High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all (available from the SHS and RB libraries)
American Born Chinese by Gene Yang - Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in graphic novel format. (available from the SHS and RB libraries)
Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation - Presents selections from the work of twenty-eight contemporary Asian American poets, including both experimental and traditional poems. (available from the SHS library)
American Dragons : Twenty-Five Asian American Voices - Includes short stories, poems, and excerpts from plays that relate what it is like growing up Asian American (available from the SHS library)
For Better Hearing and Speech Month
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard - A girl who can't speak and a boy who can't hear go on a journey of self-discovery and find support with each other. (available from the SHS library)
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper - A brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. (available from the SHS and RB libraries)
The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais - When Maya is forced to attend a hearing school, she sets out to prove that her lack of hearing won't stop her from chasing her dreams. (available from the SHS and RB libraries)
You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner - When Julie finds a slur about her best friend painted on the back of their school for the deaf, she paints over it and then gets expelled for graffiti. (available from the SHS and RB libraries)
El Deafo by CeCe Bell - A graphic novel memoir about the author / illustrator who grew up deaf due to an illness. (available from the SHS and RB libraries)

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