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Mei-Mei's Lucky Birthday Noodles: A Loving Story of Adoption, Chinese Culture and a Special Birthday Treat
"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: 314 (450 views)
Mooove Ahead of the Corporate Herd
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Non-Fiction).
Position: 331 (445 views)
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
"Mott Street follows Chinese American writer Ava Chin, who grew up estranged from her father, as she seeks the truth about her family history-and uncovers a legacy of exclusion and resilience that speaks to the American experience past and present.…
Position: 1070 (42 views)
Mystery of the Giant Masks of Sanxingdui
"It is the first children's trade book about the lost civilization of the ancient city of Sanxingdui and its epic discovery of the monumental bronzes in 1986. "Mystery of the Giant Masks of Sanxingdui" is an important supplemental title on the…
Position: 149 (511 views)
Nest in Springtime: A Mandarin Chinese-English Bilingual Book of Numbers
This book has won the 2013 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 242 (471 views)
Orphan bachelors: a Memoir
In pre-Communist China, Fae Myenne Ng’s father memorized a book of lies and gained entry to the United States as a stranger’s son, evading the Exclusion Act, an immigration law which he believed was meant to extinguish the Chinese American family.…
Position: 1062 (50 views)
Our missing hearts
"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…
Position: 1054 (62 views)
Peony in Love
This book has won the 2008 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Fiction Honorary Mention).
Position: 283 (458 views)
Revolution is not a Dinner Party
This book has won the 2008 CALA Best Book Award (Categroy: Juvenile Books).
Position: 197 (487 views)
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Silence that Binds Us
Life turns upside down for May when Danny, her brother, commits suicide. The news sends shockwaves through their community, and whispers soon start…