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Across Asian American, Holidays & Celebrations, People & Places, and United States — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Star Maker by Laurence Yep.

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Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Dream Soul — Laurence Yep

Themes: Asian American • Holidays & Celebrations • People & Places

Alvin Ho Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes — Lenore Look

Alvin Ho Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes

Themes: Asian American • Holidays & Celebrations • People & Places

The Year of the Horse Tales from the Chinese Zodiac — Oliver Chin

The Year of the Horse Tales from the Chinese Zodiac

Themes: Asian American • Holidays & Celebrations • People & Places

The Serpent’s Secret — Sayantani DasGupta

The Serpent’s Secret

Sayantani DasGupta

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Chang’s Paper Pony — Eleanor Coerr

Chang’s Paper Pony

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Wabi Sabi — Mark Reibstein

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

The Jade Dragon — Carolyn Marsden

The Jade Dragon

Carolyn Marsden

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Dumpling Days — Grace Lin

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Alvin Ho Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances — Lenore Look

Alvin Ho Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

My Chinatown One Year in Poems — Kam Mak

My Chinatown One Year in Poems

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Dumpling Soup — Jama Kim Rattigan

Jama Kim Rattigan

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Gateway — Sharon Shinn

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Kimchi & Calamari — Rose Kent

Kimchi & Calamari

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Nothing But the Truth (and a Few White Lies) — Justina Chen Headley

Nothing But the Truth (and a Few White Lies)

Justina Chen Headley

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Kira-Kira — Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon — Grace Lin

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Angel Child, Dragon Child — Michele Maria Surat

Angel Child, Dragon Child

Michele Maria Surat

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Calvin Coconut The Zippy Fix — Graham Salisbury

Calvin Coconut The Zippy Fix

Graham Salisbury

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

The Stone Goddess — Minfong Ho

The Stone Goddess

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Necessary Roughness — Marie G. Lee

Necessary Roughness

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Fresh Off the Boat — Melissa de la Cruz

Fresh Off the Boat

Melissa de la Cruz

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

At the Plate with…Ichiro — Matt Christopher

At the Plate with…Ichiro

Matt Christopher

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Girl Overboard — Justina Chen

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Revised Edition — Beverly Tatum

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Revised Edition

Themes: Asian American • People & Places • United States

Fans of The Star Maker by Laurence Yep will find 24 titles here, all united by Asian American, Holidays & Celebrations, People & Places. Authors represented include Laurence Yep, Lenore Look, Oliver Chin, Sayantani DasGupta, and others.

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