Kao Kalia Yang

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2017
  • Latest Book:
    February 2026
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Books in Order: 9 titles

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  • A Home on the Page

    Nou loves her family, and she likes the brown house where they live, surrounded by trees with sheltering branches. But the young Hmong American girl’s sense of safety and belonging is shattered after she wakes one day to find a hateful message ...

  • The Blue House I Loved

    A Hmong girl tells the story of her beloved aunt and uncle’s first home in America—long gone, but still alive in the family’s memories   The Blue House I Loved centers on a family of newly arrived Hmong refugees who move into th...

  • The Diamond Explorer

    From APALA-winning author and Guggenheim Fellow Kao Kalia Yang, a middle-grade debut about a Hmong American boy's struggle to find a place for himself in America and in the world of his ancestors.Malcolm is the youngest child of Hmong refugees, ...

  • Caged

    A poignant picture book about a young Hmong girl born and raised in a refugee camp who imagines what lies beyond the bounds of its borders.A young Hmong girl has never been outside the camp she lives in with her parents and thousands of other familie...

  • Where Rivers Part

  • The Most Beautiful Thing

    A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look.Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang''s childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of lov...

  • The Shared Room

    A family gradually moves forward after the loss of a child—a story for readers of all ages

    When someone you love dies, you know what doesn’t die? Love. On the hot beach, among colorful umbrellas blooming beneath a br...

  • A Map into the World

    "Filled with wonder and sorrow and happiness." -- Alison McGhee, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Someday A heartfelt story of a young girl seeking beauty and connection in a busy world, now in Mandarin Chinese. As the seasons change, so too ...

  • The Latehomecomer



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Kao Kalia Yang has published 9 books.

The next book by Kao Kalia Yang, A Home on the Page, will be published in February 2026.

The first book by Kao Kalia Yang, The Latehomecomer, was published in March 2017.

No. Kao Kalia Yang does not write books in series.
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