AANHPI Celebrates the Blending of Many Worlds into the Fabric of America

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Predating American society by centuries, Asia, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands all boast rich and deeply rooted cultures from which come the most amazing people with stories to share. Asian American, Native Hawaiin and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month celebrates the blending of these beautiful cultures to the American way of life. Through thrilling mysteries and sweet romances by AANHPI authors, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh invites you to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage month with one of these fantastic YA reads.  

Apr 11, 2026

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Dragonfruit

Dragonfruit

Makiia Lucier

Hanalei is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most: a chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong.

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The Invisible Wild

The Invisible Wild

Nikki Van De Car

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.

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Kill Her Twice

Kill Her Twice

Stacey Lee (Stacey Heather)

In 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown neighborhood.

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Maya in Multicolor

Maya in Multicolor

Swati Teerdhala

After her freshman romance refuses to put a label on their relationship, Maya decides to reclaim her life and completely turnaround her college experience. She’s got big plans to throw the most spectacular Holi–a colorful Hindu festival symbolizing rebirth, which Maya feels she desperately needs. Enter college heartthrob Nishant Rai, an upperclassman, notorious playboy, and well-connected DJ. After the student council makes him Maya’s co-planner, she finds herself working closely with the one guy on campus she can’t have and definitely doesn’t want.

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The Misdirection of Fault Lines

The Misdirection of Fault Lines

Anna Gracia

Three Asian American teen girls look for direction in their lives as they compete against each other at an elite tennis tournament.

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The Red Car to Hollywood

The Red Car to Hollywood

Jennie Liu

In LA’s Chinatown in 1924, sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan rebels against her parents’ conventional plans for her future when a friendship with nineteen-year-old Anna May Wong, a rising Hollywood film star, opens up new possibilities.

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That Which Feeds Us

That Which Feeds Us

A Hawaiian Gothic

Keala Kendall

Nineteen-year-old Lehua travels to a mysterious island in her native homeland of Hawai’i to track down her missing sister and encounters sinister forces.

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Twin Tides

Twin Tides

Hien Nguyen

Heiress and influencer Caliste Ha lives a glamorous life in an LA high rise, her perfectly curated social media feed hiding the cracks in her family. Across the country, Aria Nguyen is barely surviving as a freshman and academic scammer at Georgetown University. They have never met. That changes with one unexpected and grim phone call.

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