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262) Corinne
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When the powder's fresh, Corinne snaps on her skis and takes a deep breath of crisp mountain air. She and her sister, Gwynn, have always called Aspen home, but moving in with their new stepdad, Arne, changes everything. Sure, there are perks--like a fancy bedroom and a new puppy named Flurry whom Corinne trains to do search and rescue. Still, Corinne feels uncomfortable in her new family and hides the truth from her best friend, Cassidy. The facts...
263) Top story
Author
Series
Front desk volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections!...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
At the news of her mother's death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn't spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco's Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She's even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother's...
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Rozan returns to her award-winning, critically acclaimed series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. Estranged for months from fellow P.I. Smith, Chinese-American private investigator Chin is brought in by former mentor Joel Pilarsky to help with a case that crosses continents, cultures, and decades.
268) Tracks
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An Irish boy and a Chinese boy become friends, despite their mistrust and prejudices, while working on the Transcontinental Railroad in 1866.
269) Dragon hoops
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Gene understands stories - comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men's varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that's been decades in the making....
270) Concourse
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Language
English
Description
Hired to investigate the brutal killing of a security guard at the Bronx Home for the Aged, Bill Smith, with the help of investigator Lydia Chen, uncovers corruption and deception in the retirement home.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Channeling her frustrations into email drafts--ones that she'd never send--seemingly perfect Sadie Wen finds her carefully crafted, conflict-free life turned upside down when the email is sent out accidentally, and the only person growing to appreciate the 'real' Sadie is the only boy she's sworn to hate"--
274) The star maker
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.
275) Reflecting the sky
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
276) Mandarin Plaid
Author
Series
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Language
English
Description
The world of fashion is the setting for this mystery starring Lydia Chin, a Chinese-American PI in New York, hired to ransom some stolen designer sketches. When she arrives at the rendezvous she is shot at and robbed. The hunt for her attacker takes her from sweatshops to fashionable drawing rooms.
279) I am golden
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.
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