Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
An ocean apart, a world away An ocean apart, a world away Lensey Namioka Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University where, along with hard work, she finds prejudice and… OL15518497W
Half and half Half and half Lensey Namioka At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy. OL16069914W
The coming of the bear The coming of the bear Lensey Namioka Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and… OL16492709W
Island of ogres Island of ogres Lensey Namioka An unemployed samurai reluctantly helps solve a mystery and prevent the overthrow of a young ruler on an island in medieval Japan. OL16582115W
The laziest boy in the world The laziest boy in the world Lensey Namioka When Xiaolong devises a way to capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, all the people in the Chinese village change their minds about the "lazy" boy. OL18923880W
Mismatch Mismatch Lensey Namioka Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl. OL41673W
Yang the eldest and his odd jobs Yang the eldest and his odd jobs Lensey Namioka Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin. OL41675W
The Samurai And The Long-Nosed Devils The Samurai And The Long-Nosed Devils Lensey Namioka During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies. OL41676W
Village of the vampire cat Village of the vampire cat Lensey Namioka When a young ronin returns to the village of his former teacher, he and his companion find it being terrorized by a mysterious killer. OL41678W
Valley of the broken cherry trees Valley of the broken cherry trees Lensey Namioka In Japan during the last quarter of the 16th century two unemployed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori. OL41680W
Yang the third and her impossible family Yang the third and her impossible family Lensey Namioka yang is a chienies girl she wants to fit in . she changed her name she keep notes of words and pharsees in AMERICAN OL41681W
Yang the youngest and his terrible ear Yang the youngest and his terrible ear Lensey Namioka Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships an… OL41682W