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"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...

2) Boo, Katie Woo!

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Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween

3) Katie Woo has the flu

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English

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Katie misses school while she is home with the flu.

4) Dumpling Days

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Lin, Grace

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With her inspired works, acclaimed author Grace Lin has earned a Geisel Honor and a Newbery Honor. In Dumpling Days, Pacy's family travels to Taiwan for a month. This is Pacy's first trip to Taiwan, so she's extremely excited. But soon, she realizes that everything about this trip is difficult: speaking the language, following her art teacher's directions-even making friends. Fortunately, it's not long before Pacy sees that the trip isn't all bad-and...

5) Summer at Squee

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Wang, Andrea

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2024.

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English

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Tween Phoenny Fang attends a Chinese cultural overnight camp where she explores new friendships and first crushes and discovers a deeper understanding of her community.

6) Surprising power of a good dumpling

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Chim, Wai

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English

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"Anna Chiu has her hands full. When she's not looking after her brother and sister or helping out at her father's restaurant, she's taking care of her mother, whose debilitating mental illness keeps her in bed most days. Her father's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows that things aren't right at home, she's starting to feel like she could be a normal teen."--Publisher

7) The ugly vegetables

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Lin, Grace

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English

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A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

8) The year of the garden

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Cheng, Andrea

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English

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Lunar New Year

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"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"--

9) Uncle Peter's amazing Chinese wedding

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Look, Lenore

Pub. Date

c2006

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English

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A Chinese American girl describes the festivities surrounding her uncle's Chinese wedding and the customs behind each one.

10) The year of the fortune cookie

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Cheng, Andrea

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English

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Eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage.

11) Finally heard

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Yang, Kelly

Pub. Date

2024.

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English

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Ten-year-old Lina wants to create a viral video to help her mom's business, but as she navigates the world of likes and views with her two best friends, Lina must find the courage to stay true to her authentic self.

12) What's in your heart, Katie?: writing in a journal with Katie Woo

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When Katie misplaces her lucky charm, her mother gives her a journal to write her feelings in.

13) Fly high, Katie!

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Katie is flying to Florida to visit her grandmother, but she has never been on an airplane before.

14) Katie saves Thanksgiving

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Grateful Books for Children

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When a snowstorm causes the power to go out Katie and her parents think their Thanksgiving dinner with JoJo and Pedro is ruined, but by being a good neighbor, Katie saves the day.

15) My first Chinese New Year

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Katz, Karen

Pub. Date

2004

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English

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Lunar New Year

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A girl and her family prepare for and celebrate Chinese New Year

16) What do you think, Katie?: writing an opinion piece with Katie Woo

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Katie's school assignment is to write an "opinion piece", but she needs some guidance on just what that is, and what is should not be.

17) Sincerely, Katie: writing a letter with Katie Woo

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When Katie and her friends write thank-you letters to a class visitor, Katie learns that writing letters can be fun.

18) Stick to the facts, Katie: writing a research paper with Katie Woo

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These Comics are Antiracist

Katie's school assignment is to pick a topic and write a research paper on it, and when she picks butterflies as her subject she learns that even small animals can be very interesting.

19) American born Chinese

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Yang, Gene Luen

Pub. Date

2006

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English

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Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format

20) Fortune cookie fortunes

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Lin, Grace

Pub. Date

c2004

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English

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