Season 2, Episode 6: Books to read in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month

Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We are closing out May with an episode celebrating two titles by Asian American authors. Luck of the Titanic, Stacey Lee’s latest historical fiction, follows British Chinese twins on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Maurene Goo’s The Way You Make Me Feel is about an LA girl who loves pranks until one goes too far and gets a unique punishment; it is a funny and entertaining story to remind you it's never too late to make change. Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile. Marisa’s book: Luck of the Titanic. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 5/4/21. Mary’s book: The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo. Teen, Grades 8+. Published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 5/8/18. Books we talked about this episode: Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingals Wilder Babysitter’s Club graphic novels New Kid by Jerry Craft Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo Camp Nowhere by Lea Taddonio Marisa meant to say: Secrets of Camp Whatever Vol. 1 by Chris Grine