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1) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 2 & 3
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
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Description
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
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'"--
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 of a newspaper...
Author
Language
English
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2022 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Mystery [Grades 3-5]
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Mystery [Grades 3-5]
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
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
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format.
Author
Series
Millicent Min series volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
After flunking sixth-grade English, basketball prodigy Stanford Wong must struggle to pass his summer-school class, keep his failure a secret from his friends, and satisy his academically demanding father.
11) I am golden
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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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
Millicent Min series volume 1
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
When Jade Moon, born in the unlucky year of the Fire Horse, and her father immigrate to America in 1923 and are detained at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade Moon is determined to find a way through and prove that she is not cursed.
Author
Series
Ruby Lu series volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Katie's friends have come for a sleepover, and telling a scary story seems like a good idea--until she has a dream about a monster under her bed, and she wakes up to find her lucky kimono missing.
16) Nine days
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Tenth-graders Ethan and Ti-Anna go to Hong Kong seeking her father, an exiled Chinese democracy activist who has disappeared, and follow his trail to Vietnam and back, also uncovering illegal activity along the way. Includes author's note and the history behind the novel written by the girl who inspired it.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [High School]
Books You Might Have Missed 2023: All Ages
Titles Worth Trying: Realistic Fiction [High School]
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 6
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Description
When second-grader Alvin Ho is invited to a birthday party given by a girl, his fear of everything causes him to dread going.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Katie and her family are joining their friends for a special sleepover at the museum. As they wander through dark displays of dinosaurs and huge animals, JoJo is sure the musuem is haunted at night. Katie, on the other hand, brags about not being scared--until she realizes everyone gets scared sometimes! -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Amy Wu volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Amy Wu would love to welcome the new student in her class, but Lin has just come from China and does not speak much English, so with the help of her family Amy tries to work out a way to bridge the language gap.
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