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1) On the line
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The iconic author of the bestselling phenomenon Crazy Rich Asians returns with a glittering tale of love and longing as a young woman finds herself torn between two worlds--the WASP establishment of her father's family and George Zao, a man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with"--
Author
Series
Front desk volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mia Tang's sixth grade year complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents' motel, and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.
5) Convergence
Author
Series
Zodiac legacy volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a Chinese-American teen who is thrown into the middle of an epic global chase involving the release of twelve magical superpowers.
6) Paper son
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Informed that an unknown cousin is in jail, Chinese-American private detective Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, travel to the Mississippi Delta, where they confront river-levee disputes, computer scams, and questions about her cousin's innocence.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Settling in America years after his turbulent childhood in China, Renshu, now Henry Dao, refuses to talk to his daughter about her heritage, determined to keep her safe in this new land despite being weighed down by his history.
8) I am golden
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
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
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. Includes author's note and glossary"--Provided by publisher.
12) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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
Formats
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'"--
17) Chasing secrets
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie and her secret friend Noah, who is hiding in her house, plan to rescue Noah's father from the quarantined Chinatown, and save everyone they love from contracting the plague that is spreading in 1900 San Francisco.
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In the mid-nineteenth century, teenager Lee Chin and his father leave China for California to work on the transcontinental railroad, where Lee defies his father's wishes and saves money to free his younger sister from slavery in China, then brings her to join him in beginning a new life in America. Includes historical note about the Chinese who helped build the transcontinental railroad.
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