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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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
Pacy Lin books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the year of the dog is a lucky one for her after all.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
Italian-American Evalina and Japanese-American Taichi's vow to be together, although interracial marriage is illegal in 1941 San Francisco, is tested when Taichi's family is sent to Manzanar internment camp. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
7) The big lie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.
10) A nervous night
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie is nervous about a sleepover at her grandparents' house.
12) Project Mulberry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
15) Fly high, Katie!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
340L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie is flying to Florida to visit her grandmother, but she has never been on an airplane before.
19) Boo, Katie Woo!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
280L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Disappointed that her monster costume does not frighten anyone, Katie Woo still finds a way to have a happy Halloween.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"After Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese, twelve-year-old Tomi and her Japanese-American family are split up and forced to leave their California home to live in internment camps in New Mexico and Colorado"-- Provided by publisher.
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