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San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career desperately needs rekindling, and Suling, a petite and resolute Chinatown embroideress who is determined to escape an arranged marriage. Their paths cross when they are drawn into the orbit of Henry Thornton, a charming railroad magnate whose...
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Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 2
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80 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
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Examines the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, discussing why they came, what they did when they got here, where they settled, and customs they brought with them.
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Amy Wu volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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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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Theo Tan volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
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275 pages ; 21 cm.
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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.
8) Lion
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2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
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226 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Race to the truth volume 3
Pub. Date
[2024]
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xxviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"The story of America from the Chinese American perspective"--
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2014
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352 pages ; 24 cm
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"From the beloved award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman's legendary quest in a shocking, future America. On Such a Full Sea takes Chang-rae Lee's elegance of prose, his masterly storytelling, and his long-standing interests in identity, culture, work, and love, and lifts them to a new plane. Stepping from the realistic and historical territories of his previous work, Lee...
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[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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Lili loves to cook little dumplings called baos with her grandmother, but when cabbage is needed, Lili races up and down the stairs of her grandmother's apartment building to find the ingredient and help the other grandmothers borrow ingredients for different dumplings, from Jamaican meat patties and Italian ravioli to Lebanese fatayer and more.
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Amy Wu volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
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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.
13) I am golden
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
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Amy Wu volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"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"--
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2022.
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387 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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1938, China. With the Japanese army approaching, Meilin and her four year old son, Renshu, are forced to flee their home. Relying on little but their wits and a beautifully illustrated hand scroll, filled with ancient fables that offer solace and wisdom, they must travel through a ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk...
18) Watercress
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[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x29 cm
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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.
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