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(0)Laurence Yep
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English
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Soon to be an animated movie!
Don't miss this middle grade fantasy adventure about a boy, a magical tiger, an outlaw dragon, and a mischievous monkey who carry the fate of the world on their shoulders. From two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Laurence Yep (Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate), now with an all-new cover and introduction!
Tom Lee's life changes forever the day he meets a talking tiger named Mr. Hu and discovers that he has magical powers...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
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Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year-old orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opim War in Canton, China.
4) Staking a Claim: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese Miner, California, 1852: California, 1852
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English
Description
Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep's incredible JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG is now in paperback with a stunning repackaging!
In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong makes the dangerous trip to America to live with his uncle, exchanging the famine and war of his native country for brutal bullies and grueling labor in America, Wong joins his uncle and countless others in the effort to strike it rich on the great "Golden...
5) Dragonwings
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Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1975
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
With the help of his young son Moon Shadow, Windrider endures the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, and the longing for his wife and China, in order to make his dreams come true.
6) Ribbons
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
A promising young ballet student cannot afford to continue lessons when her Chinese grandmother emigrates from Hong Kong, creating jealousy and conflict among the entire family.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to
9) Isabelle
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
10) Bravo, Mia!
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Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mia's chances of skating in regionals are threatened by a family crisis, but she determines to face the possibility that she won't get to compete with determination and grace.
11) Mia
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Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Mia has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With
12) Auntie Tiger
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this version of Red Riding Hood set in China, Big Sister sets aside her differences with Little Sister to rescue her from a tiger in disguise.
15) The star maker
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
16) City of ice
Author
Series
City trilogy (Laurence Yep) volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
From the islands of Hawaii, Scirye and her loyal companions pursue the villainous Mr. Roland and evil dragon Badik all the way to the city of Nova Hafnia in the icy Arctic Circle, to prevent Roland from obtaining the power to alter the universe.