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Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Arlington Reads - Get Graphic (Kids and Teens)
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Printz Award Winners
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Printz Award Winners
Description
Original Series Now Available on Disney+
A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and
Author
Series
Loveboat volume 3
Language
English
Description
In desperate need of a new image, seventeen-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong attends Chien Tan, the Taipei summer program, but instead enters an extravagant world where there's more awaiting her than she ever could've imagined--like a romantic entanglement with a mysterious suitor.
4) A happy day
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Katie Woo loves her life and lists the many reasons she is so happy.
6) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 2 & 3
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Kid and Teens)
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Kid and Teens)
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Channeling her frustrations into email drafts--ones that she'd never send--seemingly perfect Sadie Wen finds her carefully crafted, conflict-free life turned upside down when the email is sent out accidentally, and the only person growing to appreciate the 'real' Sadie is the only boy she's sworn to hate"-- Provided by publisher.
9) Top story
Author
Series
Front desk volume 5
Language
English
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Description
"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
10) Dumpling days
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.
12) Room to dream
Author
Series
Front desk volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"After years of hard work, Mia Tang finally gets to go on vacation with her family--to China! A total dream come true. Mia can't wait to see all her cousins and grandparents again, especially her cousin Shen. As she roams around Beijing, witnessing some of the big changes China's going through, Mia thinks about the changes in her own life, like . . . 1. Lupe's taking classes at the high school! And Mia's own plans to be a big writer are . . . stuck....
13) Moo, Katie Woo!
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Katie and her class visit a farm, and find out where eggs and milk come from.
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
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Description
"Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student in a sea of über-wealthy classmates. But she has a plan: be top of the class, attend a prestigious university, secure a killer job, and finally lift her family out of poverty. Then her parents drop a bomb—they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship. But that’s the least of Alice’s problems...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this bilingual book in English and Mandarin, as Mia, her uncle, and a hungry kitten make their way through Chinatown to the Big Wok restaurant, they count one panda, two lions, and other images of Chinese culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Historical [Middle School Readers]
31 Days of APAHM Reads
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Reese's YA Book Club
31 Days of APAHM Reads
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Reese's YA Book Club
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Description
"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"-- Provided by publisher.
1890, Atlanta. Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night she moonlights as the pseudonymous...
Author
Series
Theo Tan volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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.
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