Barkbelly

Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove

Summer Surprise (Adventures of Callie Ann)

Adele

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

American Mythology (Mythology and Culture Worldwide)

The Windvale Sprites

Wild Beauty

Part historical fiction, part magical realism, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works in a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885.

Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch.

Anchoring herself with stories of Auntie Po, Mei navigates the difficulty and politics of lumber camp work and her growing romantic feelings for her friend Bee. The Legend of Auntie Po is about who gets to own a myth, and about immigrant families and communities holding on to rituals and traditions while staking out their own place in America.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Barkbelly

Cat Weatherill, 2005

Eidi: The Children of Crow Cove

Bodil Bredsdorff, 1995

Summer Surprise (Adventures of Callie Ann)

Shannon Mason Leppard, 1997

Adele

Tammy M. "gagne" Proctor, 2012

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan, 2016

American Mythology (Mythology and Culture Worldwide)

Don Nardo, 2012

The Windvale Sprites

Mackenzie Crook, 2011

Wild Beauty

Anna-Marie Mclemore, 2017