Browse Items (76 total)

  • Collection: CALA Best Book Award Collection

Hollywood Made in China

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"This book comes highly recommended in the academia for the study of film/media and Sino-US relations as well as for professionals in the media industry. It also examines the new collaborations of Sino-US media with insightful policy analysis,…

Position: 78 (559 views)

Interior Chinatown

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"Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he…

Position: 378 (430 views)

Iron Widow

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"Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk…

Position: 710 (283 views)

JoJo Sing & Learn: Chinese Songs for Baby & Me- Book 1 & Book 2

Three years in the making, JoJo Sing & Learn is a bilingual musical book series crafted with Oscar- and Grammy-nominated talents and a distinguished visual artist to introduce English-speaking families to Chinese culture and language, starting…

Position: 1045 (72 views)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is…

Position: 624 (325 views)

Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same!

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This book has won the 2010 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).

Position: 322 (447 views)

Maizy Chen's Last Chance

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"Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota...until now. Her mom's plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance (where she and her family are the only…

Position: 1064 (47 views)

Mamie Tape Fights to Go to School

Meet Mamie Tape, 8-year-old Chinese American changemaker who fought for the right to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s. Follow Mamie's brave steps and discover the poignant history of her California Supreme Court case Tape v. Hurley. This…

Position: 1059 (55 views)

Maya Lin

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a 21-year-old college student is pushed into the National spotlight, as she is announced the winner of a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.. Lin faces discrimination and open criticism as people react to her race,…

Position: 1061 (53 views)

Mei Ling in China City

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This book has won the 2009 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).

Position: 271 (461 views)