Browse Items (50 total)

  • Subject is exactly "Awards in literature"

Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

Ghosts of Gold Mountain.jpg
Gordon Chang, a history professor at Stanford and co-director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North American Project, wrote the remarkable book Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad which…

Position: 485 (161 views)

Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles: A Loving Story of Adoption, Chinese Culture and a Special Birthday Treat

Meimei.jpg
"Mei-Mei is Chinese—but not Mom and Dad! When she was a baby, Mom and Dad flew all the way to the other side of the world to adopt her and bring her home. Lucky for Mei-Mei, her parents want her to know all about her roots in China's wonderful…

Position: 246 (244 views)

The Year of the Fortune Cookie

The Year of the Fortune Cookie.jpg
"The third chapter book sequel to The Year of the Book and The Year of the Baby, eleven-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage."
"This book focuses on the life on a Chinese family living in America…

Position: 284 (238 views)

Exhalation

Exhalation.jpg
The collection, entitled Exhalation, written by science fiction author Ted Chiang was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2019. It includes nine unique and fascinating short stories. Among them, seven stories had been published before and won Hugo and…

Position: 485 (161 views)

Your Place in the Universe

Your Place in the Universe.jpg
"Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt.…

Position: 414 (203 views)

Revolution is not a Dinner Party

9780805082074.jpg
This book has won the 2008 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).

Position: 279 (239 views)

Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier

terra-cotta solider.jpg
"In this action-packed adventure and coming-of-age story that finely weaves fact and fiction, thirteen-year-old Ming lives in a small village in Maoist China in the 1970s. His father is convinced that Emperor Qin's tomb—and the life-size terra-cotta…

Position: 246 (244 views)

A Thread of Sky

51dULF5PbfL._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Fiction).

Position: 290 (236 views)

Conviction

9781423197386.jpg
”Kelly Loy Gilbert is a debut author of Chinese decent who has great instincts for strong characterization and relationships, unexpected plot twists, and high-stakes drama. Conviction is a strong debut that gets readers thinking about issues like…

Position: 141 (274 views)

The Good Immigrants: How Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority

9780691164021.jpg
"Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites-- intellectuals,…

Position: 120 (283 views)