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"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--
3) So not ghoul
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Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"On her first day haunting a new school, all Mimi has to wear are old Chinese gowns from her great-great-great-great-great-ghost-grandmother. She wants to look horrifying and rattle chains with the cool American ghouls at school, but her ghost ancestors insist she dress and behave like a good Chinese ghost. Desperate to fit in and find a middle haunting ground between her cultures, she plans a ghastly new look. But she questions whether her haunt...
5) I am golden
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English
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Eva Chen's book is part love letter and part guide-to-life for Chinese American children. Illustrated with Sophie Diao's soft, elegant paint style, I am Golden will inspire, educate and delight readers of all backgrounds.
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Greenglass House volume 3
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English
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In 1810, Lucy Bluecrowne, twelve, is bored living ashore with her stepmother and half brother until two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need for their evil plan.
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Loveboat volume 2
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English
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After their disastrous summer in Taipei, Sophie Ha and Xavier Yeh must come together once more to help each other pursue the futures they want.
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Anna Wang books volume 1
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English
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Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
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Front desk volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
While visiting family in China, Mia Tang witnesses some of the big changes the country is going through, which makes her think about the changes in her own life that need to be dealt with.
13) Basta de burlas
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Series
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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Español
Description
The class bully loves to tease Katie Woo until she decides to ignore him.
16) Grandpa grumps
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Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
When Daisy's grandfather, Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.
17) Grumpy New Year
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Daisy, a young Chinese American girl, is excited to be celebrating the Lunar New Year with her Yeh-Yeh in China, but at first she is too grumpy from lack of sleep to enjoy the activities he has planned . . ." -- Adapted from Library of Congress.
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Anna Wang books volume Prequel
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Follows perceptive, astute Anna as she strives to grow a perfect garden -- only to realize that the garden she grows with her new friend is more than good enough, weeds and all"--
19) Sugar
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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In 1870, Reconstruction brings big changes to the Louisiana sugar plantation where spunky ten-year-old Sugar has always lived, including her friendship with Billy, the son of her former master, and the arrival of workmen from China.
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Ruby Lu series volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Ruby Lu's father loses his job on her first day of third grade, which causes many things in her life to change, and she is willing to do a lot to help out but giving up some things seems impossible.
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