Reddit reviews The Making of Asian America: A History

Here's a more recent one:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Asian-America-History/dp/1476739412

Love it!

Elementary:

Pepper Zhang - Artist Extraordinaire - https://www.amazon.com/Pepper-Zhang-Artist-Extraordinaire-Jerry/dp/0999087703

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Elementary / Middle:

American Born Chinese: https://www.amazon.com/American-Born-Chinese-Gene-Luen/dp/0312384483

Boxers and Saints: https://www.amazon.com/Boxers-Saints-Boxed-Gene-Luen/dp/1596439246/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BXV52AHCYEFMJJCD3800

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High School:

Making of Asian America: History - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Asian-America-History/dp/1476739412

Unlikely liberators: - https://www.amazon.com/Unlikely-Liberators-100th-English-Japanese/dp/0824810813/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Thread of Silkworm - https://www.amazon.com/Thread-Silkworm-Iris-Chang/dp/0465006787/ref=pd_sim_14_2/144-0076638-4640964?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0465006787&pd_rd_r=ad8c5d33-7907-11e9-a48a-7140e5d87a3d&pd_rd_w=ktZAa&pd_rd_wg=RsV9k&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=TZ2GX9JPAXD830B3XHN9&psc=1&refRID=TZ2GX9JPAXD830B3XHN9

The Chinese American: Narrative History - https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-America-Narrative-History/dp/0142004170/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S6BSS5PB3VBNZZ38R2YY

Yellow Peril!" An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear - https://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Peril-Archive-Anti-Asian-Fear/dp/1781681236

New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the Shaping of American Culture, 1776-1882 - https://www.amazon.com/New-York-before-Chinatown-Orientalism/dp/0801867940/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3/144-0076638-4640964?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0801867940&pd_rd_r=ebece189-7908-11e9-9511-65a57d25cf2b&pd_rd_w=IAkAV&pd_rd_wg=A0Twr&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=GXCC4HV5GNP5A9XX9ZM4&psc=1&refRID=GXCC4HV5GNP5A9XX9ZM4

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On the distorted view on American Perception of China:

The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds - https://www.amazon.com/Chans-Great-Continent-China-Western/dp/039331989X

The China Mirage - https://www.amazon.com/China-Mirage-History-American-Disaster/dp/0316196681/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=China+mirage&qid=1558141355&s=books&sr=1-1

The Problem of China - https://www.amazon.com/Problem-China-Bertrand-Russell/dp/0851245536

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Of course, Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang's Books:

Smart People Should Build Things: https://www.amazon.com/Smart-People-Should-Build-Things/dp/0062292048/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=andrew+yang&qid=1558141081&s=books&sr=1-2

War on Normal People: https://www.amazon.com/War-Normal-People-Disappearing-Universal/dp/0316414212/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=andrew+yang&qid=1558141121&s=books&sr=1-1

I've heard that The Making of Asian America: A History is a good book primer on the Asian American perspective (or history, at least).

For perspective, I'd recommend news publications like NBC Asian America and blogs like Reappropriate and Angry Asian Man.

There are definitely a few good ones that I'm forgetting (and other blogs that I'm ignoring because of their lower quality), but chances are, once you delve into the community, you'll find more and more resources, especially those that focus on specific Asian American communities. However, I do have to mention that these blogs are from a more liberal/left perspective.

Hopefully that helps as a starting point! Thank you for your patience and sincerity! :)