Simpson Library: Children/Young Adult Literature: APALA

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (APALA)

The goal of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.

Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.1.R5 Ev 2024
APALA (Young Adult) Winner (2024-2025)
Continental Drifter by Kathy MacLeod
Call Number: Juvenile CT275.M32 A3 2024
APALA (Children's) Winner (2024-2025)
Aloha Everything by Kaylin Melia George; Mae Waite (Illustrator)
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2024-2025)
Simpson Library currently does not own this book. CRRL has it available to borrow for free.

I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C. F. Rogers
Call Number: Young Adult PS3618.O4678 I32 2023
APALA (Young Adult) Winner (2023-2024)
Ruby Lost and Found by Christina Li
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.L523 Ru 2023
APALA (Children's) Winner (2023-2024)
The Truth about Dragons by Julie Leung; Hanna Cha (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.L4856 Tr 2023
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2023-2024)

Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Call Number: Young Adult PN6727.B37578 H63 2021
APALA (Young Adult) Winner (2022-2023)
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
Call Number: Juvenile PS3625.E35 M35 2022
APALA (Children's) Winner (2022-2023)
From the Tops of the Trees by Kao Kalia Yang; Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile HV640 .Y368 2021
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2022-2023)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.L778786 Las 2021
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2021-2022)
National Book Award (Young People's Literature) Winner (2021)
Amina's Song by Hena Khan
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.K526495 Aq 2021
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2021-2022)
Watercress by Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.W3645 Wat 2021
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2021-2022)
Caldecott Medal Winner (2022)

This Light Between Us: a Novel of World War II by Andrew Fukuda
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.F9515375 Li 2020
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2020-2021)
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.K418 Whe 2020
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2021)
Newbery Medal Winner (2020-2021)
Paper Son by Julie Leung
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2020-2021)
Simpson Library currently does not own this book. CRRL has it available to borrow for free.

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Call Number: D769.8.A6 T347 2019
APALA (Youth Literature) Winner (2019-2020)
Stargazing by Jen Wang (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.7.W3599 S7 2019
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2019-2020)
Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson; Rebecca Huang (Illustrator)
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2019-2020)

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Call Number: Young Adult PZ7.1.K5362 D37 2018
ALAPA (Youth Literature) Winner (2018-2019)
Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) by Kelly Yang
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.Y365 F7 2018
APALA (Children's Literature) Winner (2018-2019)
Drawn Together by Minh Lê; Dan. Santat (Illustrator, Cover Design by)
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.1.L39 D7 2018
APALA (Picture Book) Winner (2018-2019)