Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance Steven C. Tracy "This volume explores the contours and content of the Black Chicago Renaissance. A movement crafted in the crucible of rigid racial segregation in Chicago's "Black Belt" from the 1930s through the 19… OL16597122W
Pachinko Pachinko Min Jin Lee In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers… OL17762217W
The Joy Luck Club The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan,Ronald Bass,Jordi Fibla,Tsai Chin,Wayne Wang,Gwendoline Yeo Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet we… OL1843720W
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday (Passport to Reading, Level 3: Ling & Ting) Ling & Ting Share a Birthday (Passport to Reading, Level 3: Ling & Ting) Grace Lin "Identical twins Ling and Ting celebrate their birthday by sharing gifts and making wishes"-- Identical twins Ling and Ting celebrate their birthday by sharing gifts and making wishes. OL19086526W
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea Kai Cheng Thom,Kai Yun Ching n the magical time between night and day, when both the sun and the moon are in the sky, a child is born in a little blue house on a hill. And Miu Lan is not just any child, but one who can change in… OL19635091W
Something in Between Something in Between Melissa De La Cruz Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. Pretty and popular, she's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full … OL20037225W
The Tiger Flu The Tiger Flu Larissa Lai In this visionary novel by Larissa Lai—her first in sixteen years—a community of parthenogenic women, sent into exile by the male-dominated Salt Water City, goes to war against disease, technology, a… OL20093965W
American Born Chinese American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format. OL8994750W