Books

Blue Stars: Mission 1
The Vice Principal Problem

by Kekla Magoon and Cynthia Leitich Smith
illustrated by Molly Murakami

Two everyday superheroes set out to save the world—starting with their school—in an exciting new middle-grade graphic series from two award-winning authors and a debut illustrator.

• 2024 Junior Library Guild Selection
• Kirkus Starred Review
• Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review

Tide Goes Out

written and illustrated by Molly Murakami

Part-biography, part-fiction, Tide Goes Out recounts one family’s journey from their early years on the shores of Terminal Island, through their removal and detention in Manzanar, and their eventual return to the place they once called home.

Accompanying middle- and high-school lesson plans provided courtesy of Densho.

RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

edited by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang

RISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans—a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which our culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have shaped our community into who we are today.

Contributing illustrator, “Remembering Linsanity”