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"Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now...
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Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Broken Stars, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu--translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu-- is his second thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction. Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
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IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling and Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite funny stories with beginning readers. This collection of six laugh-out-loud stories is sure to tickle the funny bone of fans and new readers alike.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa gets a haircut, makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. Which she does! But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again. This...
10) Brothers
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Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Having arrived in San Francisco from China to work in his brother's store, Ming is lonely until an Irish boy befriends him.
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
"Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family,...
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