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"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when...

"The Women's World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy--especially Mia Tang. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too--or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp...As Mia aims for her goals, she'll have to face prejudice, discrimination, and her own fears. But if anyone can find a way to win, it's Mia Tang!"--

While visiting family in China, Mia Tang witnesses some of the big changes the country is going through, which makes her think about the changes in her own life that need to be dealt with.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club author Malinda Lo returns to the Bay Area with another masterful queer coming-of-age story, this time set against the backdrop of the first major Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage. Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha’s Vineyard with her best friends—one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria’s parents exile her to California...

Mia Tang's sixth grade year complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents' motel, and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.

Rhyming text celebrates the early years of a daughter's life, from wobbly first steps to romping in the rain.

A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten.

A mother and son practice writing Chinese characters in the snow. Introduces the characters for ten simple words.

After a young Chinese American girl opens fortune cookies with her family, she notices that the fortunes seem to come true. Includes brief notes on the history of the fortune cookie.

When a catastrophe threatens the lives of every Zodiac in the world, sixteen-year-old Steven Lee is forced to decide how far he will go to protect his fellow superpowered friends.