Wendy Wan Long Shang
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2022-2023 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Formats
Description
Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Picture Books
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
Shower Your Baby With Books: Sing Me a Story
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
Food For Thought: Picture Books
Shower Your Baby With Books: Sing Me a Story
Description
Presents a song set to the tune of "The wheels on the bus," where a multigenerational family enjoys a culturally rich meal.
3) Corinne
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"When the powder's fresh, Corinne snaps on her skis and takes a deep breath of crisp mountain air. She and her sister, Gwynn, have always called Aspen home, but moving in with their new stepdad, Arne, changes everything. Sure, there are perks--like a fancy bedroom and a new puppy named Flurry whom Corinne trains to do search and rescue. Still, Corinne feels uncomfortable in her new family and hides the truth from her best friend, Cassidy. The facts...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this second book in her series, Corinne Tan worries about how she'll keep up Flurry's training in the summer. Luckily, she meets a dog trainer named Kim who agrees to become her mentor if she and Flurry can master some new skills. But learning them turns out to be harder than Corinne expected because of interference from her sister, Gwynn. Corinne thinks moving into her own room is the answer--that is, until Mom shares a huge update that will...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations E-Books and E-Audiobooks
Description
A multicultural story full of heart and hilarity about what it means to be all-American.Lauren and her best friend, Tara, have always done absolutely everything together. So when they don't have any classes together in sixth grade, it's disastrous. The solution? Trying out for the school play. Lauren, who loves to sing, wonders if maybe, just maybe, she will be the star instead of Tara this time.But when the show is cast, Lauren lands in the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Chloe loves musicals and is desperate to go on the class trip to Broadway, but since her mother died money has been tight, and her father's zany inventions are not selling--so with the help of her best friend Sabrina Chloe comes up with a way to make some money by making and selling boba tea.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1972, after his older brother is killed in a car crash, Peter Lee's mother is paralyzed by grief and his traditional Chinese father seems emotionally frozen--but Peter hopes that if he joins a Little League team in Pittsburgh he can reawaken the passion for baseball that all the members of his family used to share and bring them back to life.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
TAB 2018 Picks
The Cold War: Books for Kids
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
TAB 2018 Picks
The Cold War: Books for Kids
Description
In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
More Lists...
Description
Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl--Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something...
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