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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"A powerful debut that proves the threads that interweave our lives can withstand time and any tide, and bind our hearts forever."—Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling author of Belleweather and The Vanished Days
A historical novel inspired by true events, Kelli Estes's brilliant and atmospheric debut is a poignant tale of two women determined to do the right
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Michael Tang and his sister, Emily, have both struggled to forge a sense of identity in their parents' adopted homeland. Emily, an immigration lawyer in New York City, baffles their mother, Ling, by refusing to have children. At twenty-six, Michael is unable to commit to a relationship or a career-or come out to his family. And now their father, after a lifetime of sacrifice, has passed away.
When Michael finds a letter to his father from a long-ago...
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Crazy rich Asians volume 1
Language
English
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Overview: Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home, long drives...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang - One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories collected over many centuries by various authors, translators and scholars in various countries across the Middle East and South Asia. These collections of tales trace their roots back to ancient Arabia and Yemen, ancient Indian literature and Persian literature, ancient Egyptian literature and Mesopotamian mythology, ancient Syria and Asia Minor, and medieval...
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English
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"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pedro's and JoJo's families are on their way to Katie's house for Thanksgiving dinner. But they get stuck in a snowstorm, and the Woos' oven suddenly breaks. Katie wonders what kind of Thanksgiving it will be without sweet potatoes, pie, and most of all, friends.
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie Woo wanted to help her mom, so she started dinner on her own. She was enjoying her time in the kitchen when she heard a strange noise. Was there a ghost cooking up something too?
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie is happy to be the person of the day when she celebrates her birthday at school. But when she realizes that her friend Pedro's birthday is in August, she wants to find a way to share her birthday with him. Come celebrate with the lucky birthday girl, Katie Woo!
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows that the Fourth of July is our country's birthday. So after a fun parade, Pedro and JoJo join Katie for a party. It turns into a red, white, and blue day as Katie and her friends celebrate.
14) Dust storm!
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Separated from their group during a sixth-graders geocaching trip, Jen Chiu and her mortal enemy, Martin Diaz, are caught in a dust storm in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Includes survival tips.
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Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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25 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Katie, Pedro, and their mothers are going canoeing, but when the two canoes get separated Pedro gets worried that something has happened to his friend.