Stacey Lee
Author
Language
English
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JEF - Audiobooks YA (June)
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
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JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
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Description
"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
In 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown, the Chow sisters, May, Gemma, and Peony, suspect foul play in the death of Chinatown star Lulu Wong and take it upon themselves to solve the murder, revealing a conspiracy that threatens their Chinatown neighborhood.
Author
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
NPM - YA AAPI Authors
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NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
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Description
After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be their ticket to a better life.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Winston Chu saves the owner of a curiosities shop from a robbery only to be gifted a broomstick and a dustpan for his trouble--items that turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when they sweep away important stuff, like his baby sister.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
An aroma expert embarks on what she fears will be a life of solitude and dreams of a normal high school existence before an accident leads to an unexpected forbidden romance.
As one of only two aromateurs left on the planet, Mimosa knows her future holds a lifetime of using her sense of smell to mix base notes, top notes, and heart notes into elixirs that help others fall in love-- while she remains alone. Mimosa dreams of a normal high school existence...
Author
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
NPM - YA AAPI Authors
NPM - YA Around the World
NPM - NPMS 8th grade Fiction
NPM - YA AAPI Authors
NPM - YA Around the World
Description
"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--
Author
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Description
Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from poverty in Chinatown, and she gains admittance to a prestigious finishing school through a mix of cunning and bribery. She soon discovers that getting in was the easiest part, and must carve a niche among the spoiled heiresses. When the earthquake strikes on April 18, Mercy and her classmates are forced to a survivor encampment, but her quick-witted leadership rallies them to help in the tragedy's...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
When San Francisco adults forget who they are and mysterious exotic birds flock to the city, twelve-year-old Winston Chu and friends team up to investigate the strange occurrences and face off against Mr. Pang's older magpie-turned-human brother, Mr. Gu.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Cindy Moon exploded out of her bunker and into the Marvel Universe when we first learned that she had been bitten by the same radioactive spider from the first arc of Amazing Spider-Man. She then went on to save Peter Parker's life (more than once!) and traverse the Spider-Verse alongside Spider-Woman. Now, as SILK, Cindy is on her own in New York City, searching for her past, defining her own future, and webbing up wrong-doers along the way!"--Publisher's...