Kathy MacLeod's debut graphic memoir CONTINENTAL DRIFTER is the winner of the 2025 APALA Award for Literature in Children's Fiction. Administered by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, the award celebrates artistic and literary merit in works that promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage. CONTINENTAL DRIFTER was published by First Second on April 4, 2024.