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3) Coolies
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese girl and her parents emigrate to the United States and try their best to assimilate into their San Francisco neighborhood while anxiously awaiting the arrival of their green cards.
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In her determination to prove that an American can win the contest for the war effort, Nim does something which leaves her Chinese grandfather both bewildered and proud.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Chinese American girl comes to realize how hard her grandmother works to fulfill her dreams when they spend a day together at the grandmother's job cracking crabs.
14) Landed
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After leaving his village in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held at Angel Island, San Francisco, before being released to join his father, a merchant living in the area. Includes historical notes.
15) Scroll
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After learning how to draw Chinese characters, Lulu and her dog Dumpling step into a magical world where the characters come to life.
20) Tiger magic
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A Chinese American boy and his band of friends must protect the magical phoenix and fight a war to prevent the evil Vatten from taking over the world.
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