Reading: Culture Clash

Two young Pakistani Americans open a motel together in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents in a novel about family and forgiveness, and love and loss. Young adult fiction. 374 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

After her mother is detained by immigration officials, Fabiola Toussaint has to finish her move from Haiti alone, navigating her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance. Young adult fiction. 324 pages.

The winner of the National Book Award, this book is a powerful letter to an adolescent son about what is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it.. Nonfiction. 152 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

The novel explores the experiences of characters who have immigrated to the United States from a number of Latin American nations through differing first-person perspectives. Fiction. 285 pages. Available as ebook Disponible en español.

An outrageously funny debut, Crazy Rich Asians is the story of three superrich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting and scheming that occur when Nicholas Young, heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia, brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. Fiction. 517 pages. Available as audiobook

A hilarious and tragic portrait of an orphaned half Indian, half Irish, acne-ridden teen who travels back and forth through time in a violent search for his true identity. "Raw and vital, often racously funny ... there isn't a false word in it." (NYT). Young Adult Fiction. 181 pages. Available as ebook

There are the memories that inspired the hit television series. The author is the proprietor of Baohaus, an East Village hangout for locals seeking delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night, as he tries to find his place American culture. Nonfiction. 276 pages. Available as ebook

In 1972, when she was seven, the author and her family moved from Iran to Southern California. Funny in Farsi is a humorous and unforgettable story of culture shock, discovery, and the power of family love. Nonfiction. 227 pages.

When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Fiction. 307 pages. Available as ebook

This runaway best seller tells the story of 16-year-old Starr Carter, who is drawn to activism after she witnesses the police shooting of her unarmed friend. Winner of the Coretta Scott King award. Young Adult Fiction. 444 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was the role of Olga, Julia's dead sister. Young adult fiction. 344 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

An account of the previously unheralded but pivotal contributions of NASA's African-American women mathematicians to America's space program describes how they were segregated from their white counterparts by Jim Crow laws in spite of their groundbreaking successes. Nonfiction. 346 pages.

Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial and will live in comfort; Esi will be shipped to America and sold into slavery. Fiction. 305 pages. Available as ebook

In the 1960s, political tension forces the García family away from Santo Domingo and towards the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice. Fiction. 290 pages.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. Nonfiction. 327 pages.

Heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting, this stirring memoir chronicles one Asian-American immigrant's struggle to find himself--and to transcend the dangers of gang life in Los Angeles. Nonfiction. 249 pages.

A darkly comedic, genre-bending tale in which an aspiring Asian American actor navigates the absurd stereotypes of his TV-inspired world, dreaming of breaking free from the background role of "Generic Asian Man" to become the lead in his own story. Winner of the National Book Award. Streaming on Hulu.Fiction. 270 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

This award-winning, electrifying novel retells the story of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Huck's enslaved companion Jim.Fiction. 302 pages.Available as audiobook

In the 1920s, members of the Osage nation who had gotten rich off the oil under their land began disappearing. White investigators who tried to uncover the truth were disappearing too. Young adult adaptation of a Nonfiction book. 322 pages.

When Mia Warren and her daughter Pearl rent a house from the wealthy Richardson family, they quickly become entwined in each other's lives. When family friends of the Richardsons try to adopt a Chinese baby from a local woman a battle erupts that forces both families to reckon with culture, the powerful bond of motherhood, and long-hidden secrets. Fiction. 328 pages. Available as audiobook

Based on the extraordinary life of the author's grandfather, who worked as a night watchman while also fighting for Native people stripped of their land, this award-winning novel has unforgettable characters from the Ojibwa and Chippewa tribes, living both on and off the reservation. Fiction. 451 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook.

While Xiomara Batista’s parents are determined that she obey all of the laws of the Church, she pours her passions and frustration into a leather notebook. As her body is developing curves, her voice is developing through poetry. Written in verse, this book crackles with lyrical energy. Young adult fiction. 361 pages. Available as audiobook

Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love. Young Adult Fiction. 344 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

The explosion of racial hate in an Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a black man accused of rape. Fiction. 323 pages. Available as ebook, audiobook, and graphic novel

Wandering Stars' traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians through to the shattering aftermath of Orvil Redfeather's shooting in Tommy Orange's best selling novel "There There." Fiction. 315 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook