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Locke 1928
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Shawna Yang Ryan |
A mesmerizing story of a community of Chinese immigrants in a small California town in 1928, weaving history and mythology around the lives of the townspeople and the ghosts who haunt themLocke, CA, … |
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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet
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Jamie Ford |
"Sentimental, heartfelt....the exploration of Henry's changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a sha… |
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Kickoff blitz
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Blake A. Hoena,Jorge Gonzalez,Jose Ruiz |
When Tou Yang's football team plays the team from his former school, where he was picked on for being small, he struggles to remain focused and use his skills against Darren, who still wants to bully… |
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Girl in Translation
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Jean Kwok |
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice, an inspiring debut about an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from … |
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Polka Dot Penguin Pottery
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Lenore Look |
A visit to a pottery shop and the encouragement of family and friends not only provide Aspen the opportunity to paint something beautiful, they also help her get past her writer's block. |
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Paper daughter
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Jeanette Ingold |
When her father, a respected journalist in Seattle, is killed in a hit-and-run accident, Maggie Chen, a high school intern at her father's newspaper, searches for clues to the mysterious circumstance… |
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Katie finds a job
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Fran Manushkin |
As Career Day at school approaches, Katie has great ideas for helping her friends present their future professions, but cannot think of a job that she would like to do. |
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In the shadow of the cypress
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Thomas Steinbeck |
A turn-of-the-twentieth-century discovery of ancient jade artifacts on California's Monterey Peninsula by a Stanford marine biology professor is marked by violent debates and a tragic accident. |
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Katie Woo, don't be blue
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Fran Manushkin |
In these four previously published stories Katie learns to cope with situations she finds unpleasant. |
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Everything I never told you
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Celeste Ng |
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marily… |
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A map of betrayal
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Ha Jin |
"From the award-winning author of Waiting: a spare, haunting tale of espionage and conflicted loyalties that spans half a century in the entwined histories of two countries--China and the United Stat… |
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Broken trail
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Alan Geoffrion |
After the death of his sister, cowboy Print Ritter and his young nephew find adventure while driving horses to Wyoming, and attempt to rescue five young Chinese girls from being forced into prostitut… |
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The puzzle of the paper daughter
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Kathryn Reiss |
In 1970s San Francisco, Julie and her best friend Ivy learn about Chinese immigration in the early twentieth century when they investigate a mysterious doll theft. |
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Uncle Peter's amazing Chinese wedding
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Lenore Look |
A Chinese American girl describes the festivities of her uncle's Chinese wedding and the customs behind them. |
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Ling & Ting Twice as Silly
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Grace Lin |
Identical twins Ling and Ting like to be silly, tell jokes, and laugh together. |
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A nervous night
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Fran Manushkin |
Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house. |
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Too much rain
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Fran Manushkin |
One day it rains so much that Katie Woo and her family have to take shelter at the high school gym. Katie feels strange sleeping in the gym, and she is worried about her house. Will it ever stop rain… |
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The valley of amazement
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Amy Tan |
Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the c… |
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Front Desk
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Kelly Yang |
Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. It will take all of Mia's courage, kindnes… |
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This is just a test
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Madelyn Rosenberg |
David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot on his plate. He would have enough to do preparing for his upcoming bar mitzvah even if the planning didn't involve trying to please both his Jewish and Chinese grandm… |
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