YA Collection for students

A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial ...

How many lives fit in a lifetime?When Hero De Vera arrives in America–haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her p...

Written by Eugene Evasco 2002 National Book Award, Best Young Adult LiteratureAnina is a Badjao, growing up in the company of the sea. Like a frie...

Apple Yengko knows what it’s like to be different. She has a weird Filipino nickname, she’s the only Asian at her school, and she’s obsessed with t...

The Philippines are bodies of water, and so are we — Following the lives of four generations of women with an innate ability to speak to water, Bod...

Some people say that “money talks.” We agree! Our coins and bills tell us a lot about what is special about our country and people. In this book we...

Dead Balagtas, Tomo 1: Mga Sayaw ng Dagat at Lupa Dead Balagtas is the first and most creative comics about the long and colorful history of t...

SPACE.When Elay'sNanydecidedtopack her bags,board the airplaneand fly backto Manila,TIME.Elay's glorious hours ofguitar-playing,exam-flunking,Faceb...

This dark fantasy is sure to take your breath away.The rules are strict and absolute:Rule No. 1: Don't kill the body you inhabit.Rule No. 2: Never ...

Picking up the story of Noli Me Tangere thirteen years later, El Filibusterismo presents a gripping tale of obsession and revenge. Gone are the Mol...

When Dorothy Dizon meets the mysterious Adrian Rosario and his alluring knowledge of Filipino history, her life takes an unchartered detour. Adria...

Everlasting Nora After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and her home, Nora lives her mother in Manila's North Cemetery, which is...

A singular, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir of a Filipino boy with albinism whose story travels from an immigrant childhood to Harvard...

A Prehistory of the Philippines - BOOK 1 Who doesn't love a good story? That's what HIS-story means - the story of us! Our prehistoric lolos and l...

In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports f...

I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a bette...

Imagine Wanting Only This A gorgeous graphic memoir about loss, love, and confronting grief. When Kristen Radtke was in college, the sudden death o...

It is the story of a 15 year old boy who joined the Katipunan. KKK at that time, the secret revolutionary society has just been discovered by the S...

Lalani of the Distant Sea Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s debut fantasy novel is a gorgeous, literary adventure about bravery, friendship, se...

This wordless comic book follows the exploits of a backpack-toting adventurer in a quest to find a mysterious treasure. Framed in black, the illust...

This wordless comic book continues to follow the exploits of Light's backpack-toting adventurer. Framed in black, the illustrations offer delightfu...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinc...