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81) Shaolin tiger
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sensei Ki-Yaga leads the disabled samurai-in-training of the Cockroach Ryu across the Sea of Japan to China, where they study the ways of the Shaolin monks before facing Qing-Shen, a skilled soldier seeking revenge against his former teacher, the Sensei.
Author
Series
Guild of Specialists trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 277 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1920, teenaged siblings Rebecca and Doug MacKenzie continue their adventures on their uncle's ship, sailing through a typhoon into the Celebes Sea in pursuit of a missing "gyrolabe" which may be connected to the disappearance of their parents.
Author
Series
Publisher
Garrett Educational Corp
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Chinese city of Canton, Mr. Chang wishes to have a yellow robe like that of the ruling mandarin, to distinguish himself as a truly important person, but after earning the right to wear the special robe he discovers a different way to be happy.
Author
Publisher
Coteau Books for Kids
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A long-lost father. A mysterious, lethal fire. The myth of the Black Dragon. Three pendants of precious jade. A deadly enemy. What do all of these have to do with a mystery two thousand years old? And what strange and magical events will be revealed in the Year of the Golden Dragon?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a morning in Hong Kong, in the alley of Tai Yuen Street, a girl is promised a mooncake with a double-yolk center. The special mooncake seems like the only excitement on an otherwise boring day in the market where nothing changes until an exhausted stranger falls to his knees right in the street! He ran through forests, swam through rivers, and even stowed away on a ship, all to get to Hong Kong. Now at the end of his journey, all he needs...
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.
87) Monkey fist
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Preparing to return from China when Kyoko, a member of the Cockroach Ryu, is abducted, the Samurai Kids make a perilous journey to the Forbidden City, where they meet the mysterious forest-dwelling Lin People and confront Sensei's old enemy, Lu Zeng, an evil minister who is obsessed with eternal life.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Candlewick Press edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers, and watching the dragon dance in the streets below. Papa gets a haircut, makes repairs to the house, and hides a lucky coin for Maomao to find. Which she does! But all too soon it is time for Papa to go away again.
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 6
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
'Cruz Coronado grapples with an important secret as the gang heads to China in search of the second-to-last piece of the cipher. Under the watchful eye of a new adviser, life on the ship returns to almost normal ... Almost. Just as things seem to be going smoothly, a familiar face shocks Cruz back into reality, and the final piece in this life-and-death scavenger hunt veers toward a dead end.' --
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
What was the pandemic of the century like at the start? This swift, gripping novel captures not only the uncertainty and panic when COVID first emerged in Wuhan, but also how a community banded together. Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan's comforting and distinctive cuisine comes to life as the reader follows 13-year-old Mei who, through her love for cooking, makes a difference in her community. Written by an award-winning...
92) The musician
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In ancient China, a young musician named Yu Boya gained fame for his talents. On the night of the Moon Festival, he encounters a mysterious woodcutter who is also a musician and admires Boya's most famous song: Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water. Their friendship deepens and Boya vows to play the song for his new friend every year on the festival night. But the next year, upon hearing of his friend's death, Boya smashes his instrument and never plays...
93) Ruby's wish
Author
Language
English
Description
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Author
Series
City of dragons (Jaimal Yogis) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Grace moves to Hong Kong with her mom and new stepdad, her biggest concern is making friends at her fancy new boarding school. But when a mysterious old woman gifts her a dragon egg during a field trip, Grace discovers that the wonderful stories of dragons she heard when she was a young girl might actually be real - especially when the egg hatches overnight. The dragon has immense powers that Grace doesn't understand. And that puts them both...
96) Dragonfly eyes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
Ah Mei has always been close to her French grandmother, Nainai, and is proud to look like her. But in their home city of Shanghai, many people are suspicious of their European heritage and looks. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a difficult place to grow up, especially when the family silk business is given over to the government and they are left with their beloved home and little else. Ah Mei and her grandmother suffer, but they are resourceful...
Author
Series
City of dragons (Jaimal Yogis) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
221 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grace and her friends are still recovering from the evil attacks plotted by ancient warlord Daijiang when Nate suddenly reappears and whisks Grace away to the Dragon King's lair. There, she learns that Daijiang is searching for a powerful dragon stone that will help him take over the world -- and that he has enlisted a terrifyingly fierce beast called Shadowfire to capture Grace. Pursued by the Shadowfire, Grace and her friends must get to Paris...
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A magical white jade stone and a map inscribed in bone that may be the key to an even greater mystery--this is the treasure Bren and Mouse have found buried on the Vanishing Island. Mouse is determined to follow the map to a place called the Dragon's Gate, convinced it will explain who she really is and the powers she possesses. Bren has had enough adventure for one lifetime and would like nothing more than to return to his father in Map. But nothing...
100) The expatriates
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three very different American women live in the same small expat community in Hong Kong. Mercy, a young Korean American and recent Columbia graduate, is adrift, undone by a terrible incident in her recent past. Hilary, a wealthy housewife, is haunted by her struggle to have a child, something she believes could save her foundering marriage. Meanwhile, Margaret, once a happily married mother of three, questions her maternal identity in the wake of...
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