Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We are closing out May with an episode celebrating two titles by Asian American authors. Luck of the Titanic, Stacey Lee’s latest historical fiction, follows British Chinese twins on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. Maurene Goo’s The Way You Make Me Feel is about an LA girl who loves pranks until one goes too far and gets a unique punishment; it is a funny and entertaining story to remind you it's never too late to make change.

Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile.

Marisa’s book:

Luck of the Titanic. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 5/4/21.

Mary’s book:

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo. Teen, Grades 8+. Published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 5/8/18.

Books we talked about this episode:

Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingals Wilder

Babysitter’s Club graphic novels

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo

I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Camp Nowhere by Lea Taddonio

Marisa meant to say: Secrets of Camp Whatever Vol. 1 by Chris Grine