Kao Kalia Yang

  • The Blue House I Loved

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    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 Hmo

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: February 10 2026
    • ISBN10: 1517907977
    • Language: English
  • A Home on the Page

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    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

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: February 03 2026
    • ISBN10: 9798765619858
    • Language: English
  • The Diamond Explorer

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    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.

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: July 15 2025
    • ISBN10: 1984816357
    • Language: English
  • Caged

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    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

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: May 28 2024
    • ISBN10: 1984816365
    • Language: English
  • Where Rivers Part: A Story of My Mother’s Life

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    This powerful memoir about a Hmong family’s epic journey to safety is a profound “testament to the miraculous strength of women and the indomitable resolve of the human spirit” (Cristina Henr?quez, au[more below]

    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: February 11 2025
    • ISBN10: 1982185309
    • Language: English
  • A Map Into the World

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    “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.

    As the

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 01 2019
    • ISBN10: 1541538366
    • Language: English
  • Desde Las Copas de Los Árboles (from the Tops of the Trees)

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    A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream big, now translated into Spanish. At Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, Kalia spend

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: August 01 2023
    • ISBN10: 9798765609248
    • Language: Spanish
  • The Shared Room

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    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 blo

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: June 09 2020
    • ISBN10: 1517907942
    • Language: English
  • The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father

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    Winner of the 2017 Minnesota Book Award in Creative Nonfiction

    Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN USA Literary Center Award, and the Dayton Literary Pea

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: May 09 2017
    • ISBN10: 125013188X
    • Language: English
  • Un Mapa Hacia El Mundo (a Map Into the World)

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    “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

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: August 01 2021
    • ISBN10: 1728448891
    • Language: Spanish
  • Yang Warriors

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    Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp

    After lunch the Yang warriors prepare for battle. They practice drills

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: April 13 2021
    • ISBN10: 1517907985
    • Language: English
  • The Diamond Explorer

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    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.

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: September 17 2024
    • ISBN10: 1984816330
    • Language: English
  • Somewhere in the Unknown World: A Collective Refugee Memoir

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    From “an exceptional storyteller,” Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: November 10 2020
    • ISBN10: 1250296854
    • Language: English
  • The Rock in My Throat

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    At first, no one noticed when I stopped talking at school.

    In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee navigating life at home and at school. Having seen

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 05 2024
    • ISBN10: 172844568X
    • Language: English
  • The Most Beautiful Thing

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    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

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 06 2020
    • ISBN10: 1541561910
    • Language: English
  • The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

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    An NEA Big Read Selection

    “This is the best account of the Hmong experience I’ve ever read–powerful, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.”–Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Dow

    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 312
    • Publish Date: April 11, 2017
    • ISBN10: 1566894786
    • Language: English
  • From the Tops of the Trees

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    Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the Picture Book Category

    “Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?”

    Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vin

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    • Author: Yang, Kao Kalia
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 05 2021
    • ISBN10: 154158130X
    • Language: English
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