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Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school. She's the only scholarship student -- and now her parents can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship. Alice hatches a plan: she has actually started to develop the power to turn completely, physically invisible, and will monetize her new power by discovering the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know -- for a price. As the tasks escalate...
5) New Year
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A young immigrant boy from Hong Kong feels lost at his new school in America. He needs the help of his teacher, classmates, and family to realize that he is not alone and that he should be proud of his unique heritage.
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280 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun defers her acceptance to the university of her immigrant mother's dreams and moves from the Midwest to New York City to live off her own modest savings. There she meets Constantine Brave, and finds herself in entirely new territory without a map. In order to find her way she will need to open her heart, exhume the past, accept help from her friends, and trust herself. -- adapted from jacket
10) Fly high, Katie!
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Katie is flying to Florida to visit her grandmother, but she has never been on an airplane before.
11) I am golden
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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.
12) Basta de burlas
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Español
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The class bully loves to tease Katie Woo until she decides to ignore him.
14) Adios a Goldie
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Español
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Katie Woo learns different ways to cope with the death of her dog.
16) Tofu takes time
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English
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"Lin makes tofu with her grandma and discovers that patience brings a whole universe together in a simple dish made by a modern Chinese American family"--
17) Just like me
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246 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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In this story about unlikely friendships and finding your place in the world, three very different girls, adopted as babies from the same Chinese orphanage, spend a week at a summer camp, where the adoption agency coordinator wants them to journal their "bonding" experience.
19) So not ghoul
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26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
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English
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Desperate to find a middle haunting ground between her cultures after being told by her ancestors to dress and behave like a good Chinese ghost, Marnie plans a ghastly new look that could either give a fabulous fright or be a grave mistake.
20) Rainbow shopping
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Shopping for and preparing a delicious meal helps a young Chinese American girl feel connected to her family.
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