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Series
Amy Wu volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
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.
82) A nervous night
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house.
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Description
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents,...
85) Dragon hoops
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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Description
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
86) Boo, Katie Woo!
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Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.
90) Best season ever
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Katie and her friends Pedro and JoJo disagree over which season of the year is the best.
91) Skunk scout
Author
Series
Teddy books (Laurence Yep) volume 3
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Teddy is not thrilled with the present his uncle gives him for his tenth birthday--a camping trip for him and his younger brother--but on his first outing away from San Francisco's Chinatown, Teddy learns some interesting facts about nature, about his uncle, and about himself.
93) I am golden
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"[Presents] a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children."--
94) A happy day
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Katie Woo loves her life and lists the many reasons she is so happy.
96) The tricky tooth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Katie is the only one in her class who has not lost a tooth, but despite all of her efforts, her wiggly tooth refuses to come out.
97) Tofu takes time
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Lin makes tofu with her grandma and discovers that patience brings a whole universe together in a simple dish made by a modern Chinese American family"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
At the news of her mother's death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn't spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco's Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She's even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother's...