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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A young woman's rootless past and uncertain future collide when she brings her white fiancé home to meet her Chinese immigrant parents, toppling her carefully constructed life in this vibrant, insightful debut from an exciting new voice in fiction. Audrey Zhou left Hickory Grove, the tiny town in central Illinois where she grew up, as soon as high school ended, and she never looked back. She moved to New York City and became the person she always...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885, thirteen-year-old Mei bakes the most delicious pies and tells the best stores about Auntie Po, a gigantic elderly Chines matriarch who could probably cut even more trees than Paul Bunyan. In the midst of racial tumult following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with Bee, the camp foreman's daughter, and her stories. Until one day,...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ming, the daughter of Chinese immigrants in 1930s California, wants to be like other children at school and celebrate Christmas with a tree, but after her father takes her to see a wise old friend, she discovers a better way to honor her heritage.
65) Kinfolk
Author
Publisher
Distributed in North America by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Hunter Yee has perfect aim with a bow and arrow, but all else in his life veers wrong. He's sick of being haunted by his family's past mistakes. The only things keeping him from running away are his little brother, a supernatural wind, and the bewitching girl at his new high school. Luna Chang dreads the future. Graduation looms ahead, and her parents' expectations are stifling. When she begins to break the rules, she finds her life upended by the...
67) So not ghoul
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Desperate to find a middle haunting ground between her cultures after being told by her ancestors to dress and behave like a good Chinese ghost, Marnie plans a ghastly new look that could either give a fabulous fright or be a grave mistake.
Author
Series
Theo Tan volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After learning that his brother's spirit is trapped in Diyu, twelve-year-old Theo and his snarky fox spirit, Kai, encounter demons, Kings of Hell, and Princess Iron Fan as they try to reach Jamie's spirit before it faces judgement on the solstice.
69) I am golden
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.
Author
Series
Amy Wu volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amy loves craft time at school, but when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don't think it's a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right--none of them feels like hers"--Publisher marketing.
71) Boo, Katie Woo!
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling & Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite funny stories with beginning readers. This collection of six laugh-out-loud stories is sure to tickle the funny bone of fans and new readers alike.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Told in the style of Clement C. Moore's classic tale, it is the night before Lunar New Year, and a little girl is excited for all the celebrations to come, but she is a bit nervous about all of the loud noises at the upcoming Lunar New Year Parade.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a snowstorm causes the power to go out Katie and her parents think their Thanksgiving dinner with JoJo and Pedro is ruined, but by being a good neighbor, Katie saves the day.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ren has always been too little to help make her favorite pineapple cakes for the Lunar New Year, but when her one-of-a-kind brother Charlie arrives for the festivities, with his help, she finally gets her chance. Includes recipe for pineapple cakes.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Today is Sunday and that means its dim sum time with my whole family! I can't wait to see everyone, especially Grandma. I'm going to eat lots of shrimp dumplings, rice noodle rolls, egg tarts, and my favorite--char siu buns. We will have to order enough for us all to share. So what are you waiting for? Dim sum, here we come!"--
Author
Publisher
Third State Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Lissie is the middle of three sisters, orphaned and taken in by their aunt and uncle. Both she and her older sister, Jenny, work in the family restaurant while pursuing their education and career dreams. When Lissie accidentally serves a dish containing shellfish paste to an allergic customer, she runs afoul of the wealthy Lin family. Their golden boy, Preston, star swimmer and Stanford Ph.D. student, is as handsome as he is self-righteous. Lissie...
Author
Series
Amy Wu volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Amy is determined to make a perfect dumpling like her parents and grandmother do, but hers are always too empty, too full, or not pinched together properly.
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