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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians
Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of...
Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of...
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The smallest items can hold centuries of secrets... Inara Erickson is exploring her deceased aunt's island estate when she finds an elaborately stitched piece of fabric hidden in the house. As she peels back layer upon layer of the secrets it holds, Inara's life becomes interwoven with that of Mei Lein, a young Chinese girl mysteriously driven from her home a century before. Through the stories Mei Lein tells in silk, Inara uncovers a tragic truth...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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"When Chinese American teenager Jess Wong's best friend Angie falls in love with a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess expects heartbreak. But when everybody's secrets start to be revealed, the stakes quickly elevate from love or loneliness to life or death"--
10) Gateway
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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While passing through the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, a Chinese American teenager is transported to a parallel world where she is given a dangerous assignment.
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"Diamond Head is an intricate meditation on what is in our control and what is fate-and on whether children must bear the costs of their parents' mistakes." -Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere
At the turn of the nineteenth century, Frank Leong, a fabulously wealthy shipping industrialist, moves his family from China to the island of Oahu. But something ancient follows the...
12) Boo, Katie Woo!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.
13) A nervous night
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house.
15) The lies we tell
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"During her freshman year at college, Anna Xu investigates the unsolved on-campus murder of her former babysitter, as she and an old rival have to team up to look into the hate crimes happening around campus"--
18) Dragons of silk
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Golden mountain chronicles volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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Four generations of Chinese and Chinese-American girls, beginning in 1835, are tied together by the tradition of raising silkworms and the legacy of the legendary Weaving Maid.
19) Best season ever
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Katie and her friends Pedro and JoJo disagree over which season of the year is the best.
20) Watercress
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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