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Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
For decades, a quartet of Chinese women who have emigrated to San Francisco gather to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk - they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Over the years, their stories have informed the lives of four daughters who feel the weight of family and world history on their shoulders. With wit and sensitivity, this novel explores the deep, complicated, and sometimes painful connections between mothers and daughters.
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2) The fortunes
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores a century of American history through the lives of Chinese Americans, using the lives of four individuals to depict how an immigrant community survives and ultimately becomes American in the process.
4) 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.
12) 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.
13) 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.
14) Best season ever
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Katie and her friends Pedro and JoJo disagree over which season of the year is the best.
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.
16) Sugar
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.
17) 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.
20) The perfect gift
Author
Series
Confetti kids volume 6
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As her baby brother's 100-day celebration approaches, Mei struggles to find the perfect gift for him. Includes directions for making traditional red eggs.
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