Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Box, Too! (Ready-to-Read Graphics series)

Geraldine Pu, a Taiwanese American student, especially looks forward to lunch at school. When Deven, a newcomer who is Jamaican American, arrives, both children experience exclusion connected to the lunches they bring. Geraldine confronts a bully, and she and Deven form a friendship. Comic-style illustrations tell their school story. Their connection helps them respond to the ostracism directed at their ethnic foods.