8 new YA books featuring Aanhpi Voices

The descendants of the Chinese zodiac became evil after losing their source in power, the 12 zodiac statues that were vandalized and lost from history.

Now that these relics are reappearing, descendants have the opportunity to regain their magic. However, their classmate in a New York boarding school is killed and FAE is responsible. In order to regain their magic, the descendants must form a team consisting of a vampire, shaping, mortal and werewolf to put a haircut.

The strict Mother of DiED’s Philippine forbids her to learn to drive – until Jay arrives and secretly teaches her how. He is a beautiful new neighbor who is also unable to fall asleep well due to family problems.

Together they work through their shared family trauma as they drive during their sleepless nights. But sharing Deede’s weight with Jay could threaten their blossoming relationship.

Eric falls into such a deep depression after his best friend dies that he has to imagine scripts in his head as a way to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes a reality.

Meet Haru, Eric’s new friend, who looks just for him. Eric finds comfort even at the most difficult times as they spend their time together. But Eric has to separate the fantasy from reality. Is Haru ever real or just a figure of his imagination?

Jia wins magic after being stabbed by an enemy. She is now able to see ghosts, including Lynn, her former friend and lover, and travels to the afterlife.

When her grandmother dies unexpectedly, she is forced to go into the realm of death to try to return her. But to do this, she needs the help of her two enemies, Lynn and a certain Prince Esienn Lancaster, or she becomes a ghost down there.

Jenna wants to be like her more successful cousin, Jessica. She did not enter any of the Ivy League schools she applied to and feels like a failure of her parents’ parents. So she wants to become Jessica, who really comes true.

From private magazines to Jessica’s family members, Jenna gets access to Jessica’s life. And now she is also visiting the Havens Private Academy. However, he soon realizes that he is not what he expects or what he looks like. As she continues to play Jessica, she discovers that her existence is being erased. Her mother even forgets about Jenna Chen.

Jenna has to make a difficult decision: will she return to her true self, or will Jessica be forever?

This is followed by four Filipino American teenagers of four generations as they deal with questions related to their fathers. In Watsonville in 1930, Francis questioned his decision to leave the Philippines after colliding with violence from white men. Emil in a hundred in 1965 did not want to follow his father’s footsteps to become an organizer of an alliance, even when confronted with prejudices at his school and at the restaurant where he worked.

Denver. 1983 Chris learns more about Philippine history while traveling to the library, despite his father’s apparent lack of interest in the topic and disregard for Chris’s education on her. In Philadelphia in 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Enzo’s grandfather moves with him and his father, who seem to be contrary. As the grandson and grandfather get involved through his daily walks, Emil realizes that he can be able to help his father and grandfather repair their strained relationships.

Sunho is unable to recall his life two years ago at Under World. All he knows is that he is a former soldier. To handle it, he accepts a job that requires him to find a girl who can have silver light.

Ren comes from an acrobatic family. While the monster suddenly attacks them during a performance in the village, her family is hurt and her beloved uncle is poisoned. It is able to save them all and the village from complete destruction by releasing a silver light that kills the monster, a secret force that it has hidden since a child.

To save his dying uncle, Ren runs to the forest just to meet Sunho, who, like many other mercenaries, is not aware that he is the girl he is paid to capture.

Bell is a woodenger whose home has invaded the resurrected and their gods. She became one of the seven competitors in the Queen test, a throat cut, where girls fight for the crown and a chance to manage the next 25 years. If she wins, she receives the accurate revenge of the resurrected and seeks justice.

But along the way Bell becomes part of a conspiracy. And she faces something much more than the threatening and deadly games: the gods.