Bento Box in the Heartland is the Honor book in the Adult Literature category of the Asian/Pacific American Literature Award from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association! 

While growing up in Versailles, an Indiana farm community, Linda Furiya tried to balance the outside world of Midwestern America with the Japanese traditions of her home life. As the only Asian family in a tiny township, Furiya's life revolved around Japanese food and the extraordinary lengths her parents went to in order to gather the ingredients needed to prepare it.

As immigrants, her parents approached the challenges of living in America, and maintaining their Japanese diets, with optimism and gusto. Furiva, meanwhile, was acutely aware of how food set her apart from her peers: She spent her first day of school hiding in the girls' restroom, examining her rice balls and chopsticks, and longing for a PB&J.

Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month by reading Furiya's memoir of comfort food and coming-of-age as a Japanese American in the Midwest.
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