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1) Coolies
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
3) Brothers
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Having arrived in San Francisco from China to work in his brother's store, Ming is lonely until an Irish boy befriends him.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 390L
Language
English
Description
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
Part historical fiction, part fable, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works in a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885.
Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and...
Part historical fiction, part fable, and 100 percent adventure. Thirteen-year-old Mei reimagines the myths of Paul Bunyan as starring a Chinese heroine while she works in a Sierra Nevada logging camp in 1885.
Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a child growing up in Malaysia, Shing Yin Khor had two very different ideas of what "America" meant.
The first looked a lot like Hollywood, full of beautiful people, sunlight, and freeways. The second looked more like The Grapes of Wrath—a nightmare landscape filled with impoverished people, broken-down cars, barren landscapes, and broken dreams.
Follow along on Shing's solo journey (small adventure-dog included)
...6) So not ghoul
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Desperate to find a middle haunting ground between her cultures after being told by her ancestors to dress and behave like a good Chinese ghost, Marnie plans a ghastly new look that could either give a fabulous fright or be a grave mistake.
7) Whole whale
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Young readers will giggle with delight as one hundred unusual animals try to squeeze into the oversized pages of this raucous rhyming tale. 'But can we fit a whole blue whale?' is repeated throughout, as more animals join the melange"--
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Series
Language
English
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Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen again.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award (As 1st Ed. Title: Rota Fortunae)The world, as the Ancients of Mu know it, is changing. A new breed of beings called the Rahma are increasing in population, and as their numbers grow, the Ancients diminish.The Empire is struck hard by a plague during a war between the Rebellion and the Royal Council. Amidst the crisis, a young royal, Cruentus Fate...
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Language
English
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Description
This Is What Democracy Looked Like, the first illustrated history of printed ballot design, illuminates the noble but often flawed process at the heart of our democracy. An exploration and celebration of US ballots from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this visual history reveals unregulated, outlandish, and, at times, absurd designs that reflect the explosive growth and changing face of the voting public. The ballots offer insight into...
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Language
中文（繁體）
Description
"Mr. Bai, you don't forget, it's just a fake marriage of us!" Qiao Yien grabbed Mr. Bai's wandering hand and gnashed her teeth. Bai Jihan grinned evilly and blocked her lips: "You have reminded me that I want to sleep with you now, it is perfectly justified!" Qiao Yien, a disfavored noble lady in imperial city, who has a cool and confident personality. Getting a flash marriage, she thought it was just a problem of one more piece of paper, but she...
Author
Language
English
Description
Economics is regarded as a branch of applied physics.* Wealth is defined exact quantitatively as wealth ring. Wealth ring consists of production sector, exchange sector, consumption sector, and environmental sector. This is a logical expansion of traditional economics of supply and demand. Money is defined as a universal exchanger.
By extending the conservation laws in physics to economics, a fundamental exact quantitative theorem has been found...
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Pleiadian Emissaries of Light provide this fascinating chronicle of human spiritual evolution from a galactic perspective. This wider history of our solar system restores the long-forgotten connection of humankind with Venus, Mars, Maldek, and Earth. The truth about our ancient past is uncovered, helping us to remember the experiences that have caused us to function dualistically, and guiding us toward karmic wholeness as unified and divine beings....
14) Freedom
Author
Language
English
Description
Freedom is a collection of 60 poems by Wang Yin, one of the most incisive and observant voices in modern Chinese poetry. Focusing on music, nightlife, and the culture of contemporary China, Wang Yin's wit and humor offer an original perspective on modern society.
Freedom is the English-language poetry debut of Wang Yin. This bilingual volume includes poems in both English and Chinese, translated and compiled by Chinese poet Xi Nan and featuring a...
16) Wiser
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen again.
Mayuri is broken and lost. Everything he once believed in is fading into the mists of time. He hopes for a better future, but the only way forward is to deceive those he cares for most. He must discover the culprit behind the Decimation of the Messengers before the killer finds him. Torn between loyalty and fear, he embarks on a mission to commit one of the most egregious crimes in the...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen again.In a world where light has taken reign, the Queen's Dog, Akira, seeks true balance, but only the righteous may thrive. Driven by malice, he fights his need for blood, his desire to live, and his assignment to solve the murders occurring throughout the Empire.Amidst the strife and warring factions, Akira leads a commanding third party, the Organization, to power. Their drive to raise a New...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen again.The Reaper City of Niall stirs with malice, and the temple grounds tremble with indications of catastrophe. The lost battle for Mu leaves the Organization in shambles, and the weight of their losses fall upon their leader's assistant, Jackyl. Now, he must step forward, into Akira's shoes, and raise their morale with the assistance of the Wiser, an imposter, and their Oracle.The team rushes...
19) Chaos Theory
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Series
Language
English
Description
Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen again.Shortly after the Royal Wedding, Hero and Fate return to Nex, prepared to fulfill their duties as the new rulers of Nitor. For the first time, they enter the Dreamscape, an inner realm full of broken memories, to uncover the truth about the murders and the perpetrator.As they delve deeper into Hero's past, their path appears more harrowing than they had imagined. With the truth comes great...
