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Marya Khan volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.
2) I am golden
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"[Presents] a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children."--
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Series
Gifted clans volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps, she's a saram—a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and often feels like the odd one out in her family and the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Liddy is so excited about going to the Dim Sum Palace tomorrow with her family that she can't sleep. So when a delicious smell wafts into her room, she hops out of bed, opens her door and steps into . . . an actual palace of dim sum! There are dumplings, baos, buns and more delicious treats than one girl can possibly eat. Liddy just has to take a bite, but she slips and falls . . . into a bowl of dumpling filling. The chefs are so busy rolling, folding...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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Series
Pippa Park volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Publisher Annotation: Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically...
10) Drawn together
Author
Pub. Date
c2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Series
Pacy Lin books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Hana decides to play violin in the school talent show, but when the show day arrives, Hana is overcome with nerves until she recalls her grandfather's encouraging words, and shows the audience how beautiful music can take many forms.
17) Project Mulberry
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across town, Nasir feels betrayed. While Bunny tries to fit in with his new, privileged peers, Nasir spends more time with his cousin, Wallace, who is being evicted. Nasir cańђةt help but wonder why the neighborhood is falling over itself to help Bunny when Wallace is in trouble. When Wallace makes a bet against Bunny, Nasir is faced with an impossible...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Keiko, Audrey, and Jenna have always been best friends, and Keiko desperately wants it to stay that way, but now they are starting seventh grade, and everything seems to be changing; Audrey is obsessed with the idea of them all securing boyfriends, but when she and Jenna focus on the same boy their friendship starts to break apart--and then Keiko finds herself attracted to Audrey's brother, Conner (who has generally been cast as the enemy), and suddenly...