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Starry River of the Sky volume 1
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J NOVEL LIN
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J NOVEL LIN
2 available
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J CD NOVEL LIN
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J CD NOVEL LIN
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Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
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Pacy Lin books volume 1
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J NOVEL LIN PACY 1
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J NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
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J CD NOVEL LIN PACY 1
1 available
J CD NOVEL LIN PACY 1
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It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the year of the dog is a lucky one for her after all.
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J NOVEL PARK
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J NOVEL PARK
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J NOVEL PARK
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J NOVEL PARK
1 available
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Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost...
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J TALES FAIRY GOLDY YIM
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J TALES FAIRY GOLDY YIM
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One Chinese New Year, her mother sends Goldy Luck to the pandas next door with a plate of turnip cakes, but the pandas are out and disaster follows. Includes a recipe for turnip cakes and an explanation of Chinese New Year.
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J NOVEL CHENG
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J NOVEL CHENG
1 available
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"Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip and he records it all on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space"--
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J NOVEL PARK
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J NOVEL PARK
1 available
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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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PICTURE ME BODY HO
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PICTURE ME BODY HO
3 available
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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...
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PICTURE PEOPLE DAD PHI
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PICTURE PEOPLE DAD PHI
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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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PICTURE PEOPLE GRANDPARENTS LE
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PICTURE PEOPLE GRANDPARENTS LE
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
10) We are not free
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TEEN NOVEL CHEE
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TEEN NOVEL CHEE
2 available
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TEEN CD NOVEL CHEE
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TEEN CD NOVEL CHEE
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For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.
11) Loveboat, Taipei
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Loveboat volume 1
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TEEN NOVEL WEN LOVEBOAT 1
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TEEN NOVEL WEN LOVEBOAT 1
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When Ever Wong's parents sent her away fro the summer, she's expecting Chien Tan: a strict, educational immersion program in Taiwan. Instead, she finds the infamous "Loveboat." There, Ever is surrounded by prodigies, like Rick Woo, Chinese American wonder boy and longtime bane of her existence; Ever's roommate, the confident and clever Sophia Ha, as glamorous as she is sharp; and the intimidatingly cool Xavier Yeh, heir to an international tech empire....
12) Yolk
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TEEN NOVEL CHOI
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TEEN NOVEL CHOI
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Struggling with emotional problems and an eating disorder, Jayne, a Korean American college student living in New York City, is estranged from her accomplished older sister June, until June gets cancer.
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TEEN NOVEL RIBAY
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TEEN NOVEL RIBAY
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TEEN CD NOVEL RIBAY
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TEEN CD NOVEL RIBAY
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When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more.
14) Displacement
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TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL HUGHES
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TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL HUGHES
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"Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II. These displacements keep occurring until Kiku finds herself stuck back in time. Living alongside her young grandmother and other Japanese-American citizens in internment camps, Kiku gets the education she never received in history class. She...
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J NOVEL KIM
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J NOVEL KIM
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"On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special. Her notebook is filled with mortifying memories that she's reworked into comedy gold. All she needs is a stage and courage. Instead of spending the summer studying her favorite YouTube comedians, Yumi is enrolled in...
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TEEN NOVEL QUACH
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TEEN NOVEL QUACH
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Eliza Quan is the perfect candidate for editor in chief of her school paper-- until ex-jock Len DiMartile decides on a whim to run against her. Suddenly her vast qualifications mean squat because inexperienced Len just seems more like a leader. When Eliza's frustration spills out in a viral essay, she finds herself inspiring a feminist movement she never meant to start, caught between those who believe she's a gender equality champion and others who...
17) The magic fish
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TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL TRUNG
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TEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL TRUNG
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"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--
18) Rent a boyfriend
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Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents. Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your 'Rents employee to keep a roof over his head....
19) A taste for love
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Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme.
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TEEN NOVEL ZHAO HOW 1
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TEEN NOVEL ZHAO HOW 1
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Jamie Ruan is the queen bee of Sinclair Prep. Until one day she's ... dead. Her former closest friends have no idea what happened to her. Or do they? An anonymous poster, calling themselves The Proctor, points a finger: Jamie has four former friends. Each friend has a secret. On day, Jamie goes missing. Which friend is guilty and deserves punishment? Akil Patel is Sinclair Prep's track star ... but can he outrun his secrets and the one who's out to...