Stories about South Asian Teens at the Springfield City Library

Young Adult Fiction:

Ask Me No Questions
by Marina Budhos (Bangladesh)
YAFICT BUDHOS MARINA Ask

Kalpana's Dream
by Judith Clarke (Indian-Australian culture)
YAFICT CLARKE JUDITH Kalpanas

Iqbal
by Francesco D'Adamo (Afghanistan)
YAFICT DADAMO FRANCESC Iqbal

Bindi Babes
by Narinder Dhami (Indian-British culture)
JF DHAMI NARINDER Bindi; YPBK D

Bollywood Babes
by Narinder Dhami (Indian-British culture)
YAFICT DHAMI NARINDER Bollywoo

The Breadwinner
by Deborah Ellis (Afghanistan)
YPBK E

Monsoon Summer
by Mitali Perkins (Indian-American culture)
YAFICT PERKINS MITALI Monsoon

The Non-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
by Mitali Perkins (Indian-American culture)
YPBK P

Born Confused
by Tanuja Desai Hidier (Indian-American culture)
YAFICT DESAI HI TANUJA Born

First Crossing : Stories About Teen Immigrants
ed. by Donald R.Gallo (varied cultures)
YAFICT First

Blue Jasmine
by Kashmira Sheth (Indian-American culture)
YAFICT SHETH KASHMIRA Blue

Shabanu Daughter of the Wind
by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Pakistan)
YPBK S

Haveli
by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Pakistan)
YPBK S

Shiva's Fire
by Suzanne Fisher Staples (India)
YAFICT STAPLES, SUZANNE FISHER Shivas f ; YPBK S

Under the Persimmon Tree
by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
NEW YAFICT STAPLES SUZANNE Under

Fiction for Older Teens and Adults:

Brick Lane
by Monica Ali (Bangladeshi-British culture)
FICT ALI MONICA Brick

The Mango Season
by Amulya Malladi (Indian-American culture)
FICT MALLADI AMULYA Mango

An American Brat
by Bapsi Sidwa (Pakistani-American culture)
FICT SIDHWA BAPSI American

For more reading suggestions on this topic, check out www.youngimmigrants.com and www.papertiger.org .