Malaysian/Malaysian American
How to Free a Jinn
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Malay Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Welcoming by Individual
Just Between Us
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Dating, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports
Low Orbit
Age 13 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Exploration, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Muslim
Nana, Nenek & Nina
Age 4 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country
Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Anthology, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Queen of the Tiles
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Ramadan on Rahma Road: A Recipe Storybook
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Multilingual Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community
The American Dream?: A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Men, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Animals, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Humor, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Horror, Genre: Thriller, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault
The Month of Ramadan
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
We Didn’t Ask for This
Age 13 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, LGBTQIA+, Natural Disaster/Climate Change, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Sports