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National Education Association's Asian American Booklist

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When the Circus Came to Town

by Laurence Yep

An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Tiger's Apprentice (Book One of the Tiger Trilogy)

by Laurence Yep

A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Star Fisher

by Laurence Yep

In 1927, Joan Lee and her family are the first Chinese-Americans that Clarksburg has ever seen. Joan knows she's American. But no one else seems to think so.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Spring Pearl

by Laurence Yep

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 Opium War in Canton, China.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Serpent's Children (Golden Mountain Chronicles

by Laurence Yep

In nineteenth-century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Ribbons

by Laurence Yep

Robin, 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.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Rainbow People

by Laurence Yep

A collection of twenty Chinese folktales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some old-timers newly settled in the United States.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Magic Paintbrush

by Laurence Yep

A magic paintbrush transports Steve and his elderly caretakers from their drab apartment in Chinatown to a world of adventures.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Lost Garden

by Laurence Yep

Young Laurence didn't really where he fit in. He thought of himself as American, especially since he didn't speak Chinese and couldn't understand his grandmother, who lived in Chinatown. But others saw him as different in the conformist American of the 1950s. In this engaging memoir, the two-time Newbery Honor author tells how writing helped him start to solve the puzzle.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung:

by Laurence Yep

1881. A small village in China. A new emperor. The old problems such as hunger. Uncle Precious Stone declares that he is going to The Golden Mountain. After some time for preparation, he goes.

A few months later, Mama and Papa receive a request to send older brother. But they send Runt! He is the younger, smaller, more intellectual brother.

This is an exciting adventure! Although the journal is fiction, the events it portrays are based on history (American and Chinese) and culture. A fine book for a book report!

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Imp That Ate My Homework

by Laurence Yep

Showdown in Chinatown! Jim wants to be a normal American kid. The only problem: His grandfather is the meanest, ugliest man in Chinatown. Grandpop has no patience for his "native born, no brains" grandson, and Jim is not all that interested in hearing about old Chinese customs and superstitions. But then a nasty green imp shows up, determined to settle an ancient family feud. The imp is making Jim's life miserable, and Grandpop seems to be the only one who can help. Could Grandpop really be the reincarnation of an ancient Chinese warrior-- the world's only hope against one mean green imp?

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Hiroshima

by Laurence Yep

On the morning of August 6, 1945, an American bomber, the Enola Gay, roars down the runway of the Pacific island, Tinian. Its target is Hiroshima, Japan. Its cargo is an atom bomb.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Dream Soul

by Laurence Yep

In 1927, as Christmas approaches, fifteen-year-old Joan Lee hopes to get her parents' permission to celebrate the holiday, one of the problems belonging to the only Chinese American family in her small West Virginia community.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Cook's Family

by Laurence Yep

12-year-old Robin Lee goes to her grandmother's house in Chinatown where they befriend a lonely cook. In Robin's new make-believe family, she discovers a sense of her Chinese heritage. The thing is, once Robin starts pretending, she doesn't want to stop.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Angelfish

by Laurence Yep

Robin, a young ballet dancer who is half Chinese and half white, works in a fish store for Mr. Tsow, a brusque Chinese who accuses her of being a half person and who harbors a bitter secret.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


American Dragons

by Laurence Yep

A collection of writings by 25 Asian-Americans.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Amah

by Laurence Yep

Twelve-year-old Amy finds her family responsibilities growing and interfering with her ballet practice when her mother takes a job outside the home.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Char Siu Bao Boy

by Sandra S. Yamate

Charlie likes char siu bao, Chinese pork buns. He doesn't just like them, he LOVES them! He has them everyday for lunch. But his friends want him to eat something more normal.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Rainbow Hand

by Janet S. Wong

A collection of eighteen original poems about mothers and motherhood, including "Mother's Heart," "Old Mother Chung," and "The Pilot."

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Night Garden

by Janet S. Wong

A collection of poems describing a variety of dreams, some familiar, some strange, some beautiful, and some on the darker side.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Good Luck Gold and Other Poems

by Janet S. Wong

This is the first book of poems by a young Asian-American poet

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Behind the Wheel

by Janet S. Wong

Thirty-five poems look at various aspects of driving, including passing the written driver's test, being pulled over by a cop, and having an accident, and treat them as a metaphor for life.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Goodbye Vietnam

by Gloria Whelan

Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government.

Date Added: 05/25/2017


The Golden Carp and Other Tales from Vietnam

by Lynette Dyer Vuong

This book is a collection of six Vietnamese folk tales

Date Added: 05/25/2017


Motherland

by Vineeta Vijayraghavan

Maya is an American teenager who spent her first four years with her grandmother in India. In her 15th year she returns to India and she is again initiated into the Indian culture and customs.

Date Added: 05/25/2017



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