Lescure, Aube Rey
Summary: Shanghai, 2007: Fourteen-year-old Alva has always longed for more. Raised by her American expat mother, she’s never known her Chinese father, and is certain a better life awaits them in America. But when her mother announces her engagement to their wealthy Chinese landlord, Lu Fang, Alva’s hopes are dashed, and so she plots for the next best the American School in Shanghai. Upon admission,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: "Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLASummary: A young farmer named Wang Lung marries a selfless, loyal slave girl, O-Lan. Wang is initially devoted to the land and rises to prosperity. Later, however, Wang deserts the land and takes a second wife and tragedy threatens to overwhelm him. Eventually Wang realizes that the land and O-Lan mean more to him than his wealth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GOOZhao, Xiran Jay
Summary: After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and myth, and seal a portal to prevent malicious spirits from destroying the human realm.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ZHAParker-Chan, Shelley
Summary: "Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PARThong, Roseanne
Summary: Grandpa Tu is famous for his special noodles, and as the emperor's birthday approaches, he encourages his granddaughter, Mei, to find her own noodle magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOLin, Grace
Summary: "Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LINPatterson, Molly
Summary: A mid-twentieth-century widow struggles to manage her farm and raise her children while reflecting on the intertwined experiences of her farm wife mother, her missionary aunt, and a Chinese student whose lives were shaped by the Boxer Rebellion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PATJin, Yong
Summary: The epic Chinese classic and phenomenon published in the US for the first time! A fantastical generational saga and kung fu epic, A Hero Born is the classic novel of its time, stretching from the Song Empire (China 1200 AD) to the appearance of a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan. Filled with an extraordinary cast of characters, A Hero Born is a tale of fantasy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JINHughart, Barry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1985