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"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
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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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"From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade,...
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"There's Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at age nine and follow through adulthood, and who grapples with the expectations of a first generation American and her own personal desires. Finally, there's Oliver, a handsome white lawyer with a dark family secret and who lives in the building where Tony works. A violent attack...
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Millicent Min series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.
12) 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.
13) 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.
17) Star of the show
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Katie is sad when she is cast as an earthworm in her school play, because that means she cannot be the star.
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Anna Wang books volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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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"--
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