@booklet {11519, title = {. How High We Go in the Dark. A Novel}, year = {2022}, month = {2022}, pages = {293 pp}, publisher = {William Morrow}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A complex pandemic novel that begins with the discovery of an ancient corpse in the Arctic that is genetically Neanderthal and alien and contains a virus the spreads rapidly around the world with the ending explaining her origin. The bulk of the novel deals with a number of people, including some who survive, dealing with the rising death toll, with the funeral industry becoming the most important power center.

}, keywords = {Japanese American author, Male author}, isbn = {978-0063072640 }, author = {Sequoia Nagamatsu} } @booklet {9592, title = {Metaltown}, year = {2016}, month = {2016}, publisher = {Tor Teen}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia set in a cruel factory town in which the workers are ruthlessly exploited.\ 

}, keywords = {Female author, Japanese American author}, author = {Kristen Simmons} } @booklet {8322, title = {The Glass Arrow}, year = {2015}, month = {2015}, publisher = {Tor Teen}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Young adult dystopia in which girls are marketable products.

}, keywords = {Female author, Japanese American author}, author = {Kristen Simmons} } @booklet {6562, title = {Article 5}, year = {2012}, month = {2012}, publisher = {Tor Teen}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Young adult dystopia centered around \“The Moral Statutes of the United States of America\” formulated by the Federal Bureau of Reformation, which replaced the revoked Bill of Rights. The five statutes are 1. \“The United States embraces the Church of America as her official religion.\” 2. \“Literature or other media considered immoral are hereby banned and shall\ not be owned. bought, sold, or traded in any capacity.\” 3. \“Whole families are to be considered one man, one woman, and child(ren).\” 4. \“Traditional male and female roles shall be observed.\” 5. \“Children are considered to be valid citizens only when conceived by a married man and wife.\” All other children are to be removed from the home and subjected to rehabilitation\” (53--Article 5 only; others appear only on the dust jacket). The entire list with much more detail can be found at http://www.kristensimmonsbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/the moral statutes.pdf.\ First volume in a series followed by Breaking Point. New York: Tor Teen, 2013, which is a typical middle volume where the protagonists escape from the authorities and go underground but remain in danger; and Three. New York: Tor Teen, 2014, in which the protagonists reach what they expected to be a safe house but find it destroyed. They then follow leads to where they finally reach safety and freedom.

}, keywords = {Female author, Japanese American author}, author = {Kristen Simmons} } @booklet {4393, title = {Brazil-Maru}, year = {1992}, month = {1992}, publisher = {Coffee House Press}, address = {Minneapolis, MN}, abstract = {

The novel is about the experience of some Japanese who immigrated to Brazil with one focus a Japanese intentional cooperative community called Esperan{\c c}a.\ 

}, keywords = {Female author, Japanese American author}, author = {Karen Tei Yamashita (b. 1951)} } @booklet {4335, title = {In the Heart of the Valley of Love}, year = {1992}, month = {1992}, publisher = {Viking}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia of violence and a deteriorating U.S. with a future Los Angeles divided between the white \“Richtown\” and the non-white slums.\ 

}, keywords = {Female author, Japanese American author}, author = {Cynthia Kadohata (b. 1956)} }