Tag: Books

“FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY,” YA non-fiction book about Vincent Chin, to be published April 6, 2021 by Norton Young Readers

FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo (Norton Young Readers/W.W. Norton & Co., April 6, 2021) I am honored to tell the story of Vincent Chin for the next generation. My book, FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING…
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10th Publication Anniversary of GOOD ENOUGH

February 5, 2018 marks the TENTH publication anniversary of my first YA novel GOOD ENOUGH (HarperCollins 2008). Can you believe ten years have gone by? To celebrate this special day, I recently recorded a fun tribute video about this novel and its musical influences from Mozart to the Violent Femmes. Go here to check it out…
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2016 Summer Olympics!

The opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio is tonight! I always look forward to the Olympics (both winter & summer) because my first published children’s picture book was about Olympic champion diver Dr. Sammy Lee, a Korean American who broke racial barriers with his back to back Gold Medals in the 1948 and…
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