Waka T. Brown

• Jan-2021
• / General Fiction

Named one of New York Public Library's & Bank Street's Best Books of the Year!The Farewell meets Erin Entrada Kelly's Blackbird Fly in this empowering middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to 1980s Ja...

• Feb-2022
• / General Fiction

In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams. As the daughter...

• Jul-2023
• / General Fiction

• Oct-2024
• / General Fiction

*Bank Street Best Book of the Year * Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of the Year * CCBC Choices Title * Author Waka T. Brown and artist Yuko Jones join forces for this picture book about a young girl who learns to appreciate li...

• Feb-2025
• / General Fiction

Oregon Book Award–winning author Waka T. Brown hits a home run in this middle grade novel about a baseball-obsessed twelve-year-old who moves to Oregon to help his grandfather—an elusive old man with a shrouded past—but ends up lear...