Ye
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Catapult
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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A harrowing and redemptive immigrant story for readers of Pachinko. A Chinese railroad worker and his young daughter--sold into servitude--in 19th century California search for family, fulfillment, and belonging in a violent new land. "Heaven and earth do not pick and choose. They see everything as straw dogs." A sweeping historical novel of the American West from the little-seen perspective of those who helped to build it, Straw Dogs of the Universe...
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Mindy Kim volume 4
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English
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It's time to pick a class president, and Mindy really wants to win--and she's basing her entire campaign on snacks and being kind, so how could she NOT be chosen? But here is one big thing that Mindy is not sure she can do--make a speech to her class about why she would be the best pick for president. Can Mindy face her fears and show the class--and herself--that she can be the best class president ever?--
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Océano Gran Travesía
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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En el centro de una ciudad muy particular a la que sólo se accede cuando nos entregamos a los brazos de Morfeo, se encuentra la gran tienda de los sueños de Dallergut, un mágico lugar que ofrece a los clientes una variedad inimaginable de experiencias oníricas para todos los gustos y ocasiones: viajar a una isla paradisíaca, volver a encontrarnos con el amor de nuestra vida, volar por los aires, atravesar el océano nadando como un pez... Todo...
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Knowing that the friendships she depends on will change when her parents split up, Beth witnesses a private act of violence in her crush's home before forging a pact with her friends to offer support in the face of a life-altering decision.
With her family splintered and her future a question mark, Beth's friends-- Grace Nakamura, Brandon Lin, Sunny Chen, and Jason Tsou-- are all she has. She's certain she'll never be able to tell Jason how she really...
11) Finding my voice
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Ellen Sung just wants to be like everyone else at her all-white school. But hers is the only Korean American family in town, and her classmates in Arkin, Minnesota, will never let her forget that she's different. At the start of senior year, Ellen finds herself falling for Tomper Sandel, a football player who is popular and blond and undeniably cute ... and to her surprise, he falls for her, too. Now Ellen has a chance at a life...
13) Hao: stories
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Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"An extraordinary debut collection of short stories by a three-time Pushcart Prize winner following Chinese women in both China and the United States who turn to signs and languages as they cross the alien landscapes of migration and motherhood"--
19) Shou hou i shih
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Xiao shuo zu cong shu volume 90
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Hsi tai shu pan yu hsien kung ssu
Pub. Date
Min kuo 81 [1992]
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中文
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Number Four will have a difficult life. These are the words that were uttered upon Ting-xing Ye's birth. Soon this prophecy would prove only too true. . . .
Here is the real-life story about the fourth child in a family torn apart by China's Cultural Revolution. After the death of both of her parents, Ting-xing and her siblings endured brutal Red Guard attacks on their schools and even in their home. At the age of sixteen, Ting-xing is exiled...
