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"Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school...When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power--she'll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it's worth losing her conscience--or...
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Millicent Min series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
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In a series of journal entries, eleven-year-old child prodigy Millicent Min records her struggles to learn to play volleyball, tutor her enemy, deal with her grandmother's departure, and make friends over the course of a tumultuous summer.
3) A happy day
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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Katie Woo loves her life and lists the many reasons she is so happy.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
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Katie, her father, JoJo, and Pedro are on a special sleepover at the museum; but at night the dark halls are spooky, and it is easy to imagine that the dinosaurs are ghosts haunting the museum--and when Mr. Woo disappears the children become frightened.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Drawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, noted historian and childrens author Paul Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. These tales are funny, sad, romantic and earthy, but ultimately, as a collection,...
6) Three keys
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Series
Front desk volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed, but frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children--and over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Katie is delighted when her Aunt Patty asks her to be a flower girl--but then she starts thinking about everything that could go wrong and worries that she will spoil her aunt's wedding.
10) The tricky tooth
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
340L
Language
English
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Katie is the only one in her class who has not lost a tooth, but despite all of her efforts, her wiggly tooth refuses to come out.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
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A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.
Author
Series
Millicent Min series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
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After flunking sixth-grade English, basketball prodigy Stanford Wong must struggle to pass his summer-school class, keep his failure a secret from his friends, and satisfy his academically demanding father.
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Anna Wang books volume Prequel
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
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Description
"Follows perceptive, astute Anna as she strives to grow a perfect garden -- only to realize that the garden she grows with her new friend is more than good enough, weeds and all"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
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Description
In 1972, after his older brother is killed in a car crash, Peter Lee's mother is paralyzed by grief and his traditional Chinese father seems emotionally frozen. But Peter hopes that if he joins a Little League team in Pittsburgh he can reawaken the passion for baseball that all the members of his family used to share and bring them back to life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Lee, an orphan, reluctantly leaves his grandparents in China for the long sea voyage to San Francisco, where he and other immigrants undergo examinations at Angel Island Immigration Station.
18) The best club
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
160L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katie Woo and her friends would love to be part of Sophie's new club, but Sophie does not think they, or anyone, is good enough, so they form their own club.
19) Cartwheel Katie
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
250L
Language
English
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Description
Katie is enrolled in a gymnastics class, but when she has trouble doing some of the moves she gets discouraged and considers dropping out.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
270L
Language
English
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Description
Katie's friends have come for a sleepover, and telling a scary story seems like a good idea--until she has a dream about a monster under her bed, and she wakes up to find her lucky kimono missing.
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