Laurence Yep
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 1
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 3
Language
English
Description
"Winnie and her pet dragon Miss Drake travel back in time to the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair. Waiting in the past are Winnie's great-grandfather Caleb, Laura Ingalls Wilder, wish-granting souvenirs, and a centuries-old mystery: Who stole the Heart of Kubera necklace?"--
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 1
Language
English
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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.
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 2
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) Isabelle
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
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.
8) Dragonwings
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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.
9) Bravo, Mia!
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
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.
11) Mia
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
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.
13) Dragon's gate
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 3
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."
15) City of fire
Author
Series
City trilogy (Laurence Yep) volume 1
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.
17) Auntie Tiger
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2009
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.