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Author
Series
Amy Wu volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Recommended: Diverse Books for Read Across America
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Month Picture Books
Description
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. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family to help her. Will Amy make...
63) Lion
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Betrayed by his uncle, Dr. V., Ryan must rely on his friends to help him recover and rebuild his life but Dr. V's confederates think the four friends still know too much and follow them to California to silence them.
65) The amah
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.
66) Girl overboard
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After a snowboarding accident, Syrah Cheng, a billionaire's daughter, must rehabilitate both her knee and her self-esteem while forging relationships with those who accept her for who she is.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Anna Wang is a year older and is wondering if she is more Chinese or more American. And she's going all the way to China to find out. Last year, Anna Wang learned how to be a sister. This year, when her teacher gets approved to adopt a baby from China, Anna has the chance she has been waiting for, an exciting trip to China. But she wonders: will she feel at home in China or terribly homesick?
70) Moy Moy
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1960]
Language
English
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Description
A little Chinese girl in Los Angeles participates in the celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Author
Series
Front desk volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Children's New Books: October 2023 Chapter Books
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors for Middle Schoolers
Formats
Description
"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes - or misfortunes - in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottoms of their teacups. To avoid blurting out fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow the fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the lives of those around her. To add to this plight, her romantic life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of...
76) Only one year
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nine-year-old Sharon has conflicted feelings towards her copycat little sister and rambunctious toddler brother, who is sent to China for a year to live with relatives.
77) Too much rain
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When heavy rain causes flooding, Katie Woo and her parents spend the night in a shelter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie's school assignment is to pick a topic and write a research paper on it, and when she picks butterflies as her subject she learns that even small animals can be very interesting.
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