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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage (AANHPI) Month is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of people of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander descent to the United States. AANHPI Heritage Month 2026 takes place from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 31. Here is a list of teen books for young people to celebrate the cultural diversity of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander heritage.

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  • Made in Asian America

    a History for Young People

    Lee, Erika,
    This book is a stirring account of the ordinary people and extraordinary acts that made Asian America and the young people who are remaking America today.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — TEEN 973.0495 Lee 05/2024
  • After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — TEEN FICTION Quach Michelle 09/2021
  • 1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2019] — TEEN FICTION Lee Stacey 08/2019
  • When sixteen-year-old Emma finds a mysterious boy in the woods, she unlocks memories of magical Hawaiian spirits and works with the legendary menehune to break his curse and protect the sacred forest on the Big Island.
    Book, 2025Philadelphia : RP Teens, 2025. — TEEN FICTION VanDeCar Nikki 05/2025
  • Two entrepreneurial Korean-American teens butt heads--and fall in love--while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.
    Book, 2021New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2021] — TEEN FICTION Suk Sarah 06/2021
  • Lara Jean writes love letters to all the boys she has loved and then hides them in a hatbox until one day those letters are accidentally sent.
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2014] — TEEN FICTION Han Jenny
  • As her sister's wedding approaches, high school senior Arya must navigate fraught family dynamics, the fallout of her two best friends breaking up, and a tense partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive student council president.
    Book, 2024New York : Wednesday Books, 2024. — TEEN FICTION Avachat Arushi 01/2024
  • Sixteen-year-old Indian American Sonia, who has undocumented family members, goes viral after saving her crush James's life.
    Book, 2023New York : Quill Tree Books, [2023] — TEEN FICTION Rai Alisha 03/2023
  • This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her long-time crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis...
    Book, 2024New York : Kokila, 2024. — TEEN FICTION Chhibber Preeti 10/2024
  • When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer, she finds herself thrust among the very over-achieving kids her parents have always wanted her to be, including Rick Woo, the Yale-bound…
    Book, 2020New York, NY : HarperTeen, [2020] — TEEN FICTION Wen Abigail 01/2020
  • The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating confidence and body positivity—perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Julie Murphy.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — TEEN FICTION Lee Lyla 07/2020
  • Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.
    Book, 2022New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — TEEN FICTION Tian XiXi 06/2022
  • Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma.
    Book, 2020New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher, [2020] — TEEN FICTION Yang Kelly 06/2020
  • When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.
    Book, 2021New York : Dutton Books, 2021. — TEEN FICTION Lo Malinda 01/2021
  • We Are Not Free, is the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.
    Book, 2020Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — TEEN FICTION Chee Traci 09/2020
  • When it comes to romance, Maya still believes in meet-cutes, but she's done with boys wasting her time. After her freshman romance refuses to put a label on their relationship, Maya decides to reclaim her life and completely turnaround her college…
    Book, 2025Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2025. — TEEN FICTION Teerdhal Swati 04/2025
  • Teens Haruko, a Japanese American, and Margot, a German American, form a life-changing friendship as everything around them starts falling apart in the Crystal City family internment camp during World War II.
    Book, 2018New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — TEEN FICTION Hesse Monica
  • When her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower, Deepa Josyula wishes for her dream boyfriend, which sets in motion a chain of events that makes her question what her heart truly wants-- the perfect boy brought by magic or the uncertainty of the boy…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — TEEN FICTION Teerdhal Swati 02/2024
  • Julie and Randall, former best friends turned rivals due to their feuding families, reconnect while working on a community-service project, leading to rekindled feelings and secret dates, but their budding romance is threatened when their families…
    Book, 2025New York : Wednesday Books, 2025. — TEEN FICTION Chen Jennifer 03/2025
  • Tokyo Ever After #1. Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi—or Izzy, because “It’s easier this…
    Book, 2021New York : Flatiron Books, 2021. — TEEN FICTION Jean Emiko 05/2021