Laurence Yep
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
2) 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.
4) 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.
6) 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.
7) 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.
11) 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.
16) Sea glass
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 8
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
A Chinese-American boy whose father wants him to be good in sports finally asserts his right to be himself.
17) Angelfish
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Robin, a young ballet dancer who is half Chinese and half white, works in a fish store for Mr. Tsow, a brusque Chinese who accuses her of being a half-person and who harbors a bitter secret.
19) 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."