In this beautiful, lyrical book, author Kelly Yang pays homage to numerous Asian-American people -- both historical and contemporary -- who have contributed to our society. In some cases, that is activism against injustices; in other cases, that means impressive feats in sports; and in still other cases, that is cultural contributions in the form of literature, music, fashion, and more.

Each page spread had a limited amount of text and lovely illustrations of one or more important Asian-American figures. The illustrations are the works of numerous Asian-American artists, so there are definitely different styles at play but somehow it all seems cohesively put together.

Backmatter provides more details in a paragraph-long biography for each person, which are fairly comprehensive but also make for a good jumping off point for curious readers to discover subjects and then go off to other biographical and/or historical sources for further information. ( )

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This book illuminates the power of Asian Americans in many different fields and answers the question “can we accomplish whatever we dream?” With love, courage, determination, and lots of imagination, we can--and we will!