Laurence Yep
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep's incredible JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG is now in paperback with a stunning repackaging!
In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong makes the dangerous trip to America to live with his uncle, exchanging the famine and war of his native country for brutal bullies and grueling labor in America, Wong joins his uncle and countless others in the effort to strike it rich on the great...Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 2
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Winnie is challenged to adapt to a new school for girls where teaching is anything but ordinary and where the eclectic student body includes magicals as well as humans, and while Winnie uses her wits to find her own way, crusty dragon Miss Drake is secretly trying to discover and foil a new plot by Winnie's grandfather to gain custody of her.
4) Mia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
130 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mia has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With the help of a new coach, Mia finds out whether she has what it takes to grow and compete as a figure skater.
5) Isabelle
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
6) Bravo, Mia!
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2008: Mia volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
130 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mia's chances of skating in regionals are threatened by a family crisis, but she determines to face the possibility that she won't get to compete with determination and grace.
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2014: Isabelle volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
124 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Isabelle finds a creative way to use her talent for fashion design to help her older sister Jade, who is performing the role of Clara in the Nutcracker ballet.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
10) Dragon's gate
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 3
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light."
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world.
12) Dragonwings
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 5
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
13) City of fire
Author
Series
City trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
14) Auntie Tiger
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this version of Red Riding Hood set in China, Big Sister sets aside her differences with Little Sister to rescue her from a tiger in disguise.
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Winnie and her pet dragon Miss Drake are back to their lessons as they head to the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair and wish-granting souvenirs follow them home.
16) Tiger's blood
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 2
Pub. Date
2004.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
226 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Chinese-American boy and his friends--a monkey, a dragon, a rat, and a tiger--must ensure that a magical phoenix egg does not fall into evil hands in the underwater dragon kingdom.
18) Child of the owl
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 7
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.
19) Skunk scout
Author
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Teddy is not thrilled with the present his uncle gives him for his tenth birthday--a camping trip for him and his younger brother--but on his first outing away from San Francisco's Chinatown, Teddy learns some interesting facts about nature, about his uncle, and about himself.
20) The star maker
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
100 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.