Laurence Yep
3) Dream soul
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
In 1927, as Christmas approaches, fifteen-year-old Joan Lee hopes to get her parents' permission to celebrate the holiday, one of the problems of belonging to the only Chinese American family in her small West Virginia community.
4) Ribbons
Author
Series
Robin Lee books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A promising young ballet student cannot afford to continue lessons when her Chinese grandmother emigrates from Hong Kong, creating jealousy and conflict among the entire family.
5) Skunk scout
Author
Series
Teddy books (Laurence Yep) volume 3
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Teddy is not thrilled with the present his uncle gives him for his tenth birthday--a camping trip for him and his younger brother--but on his first outing away from San Francisco's Chinatown, Teddy learns some interesting facts about nature, about his uncle, and about himself.
6) Dragonwings
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
A Chinese immigrant and his son build a flying machine in "an unusual historical novel, unique in its perspective of the Chinese in America and its portrayal of early 20th century San Francisco, including the Earthquake, from an immigrant's viewpoint".--School Library Journal. 1976 Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Books of 1971-1975; 1976 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book; New York Times Outstanding Children's Books 1975; School Library...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 531 A.D., a fifteen-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.
8) Later, Gator
Author
Series
Teddy books (Laurence Yep) volume 1
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother Bobby an alligator for his birthday.
11) Auntie Tiger
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this version of Red Riding Hood set in China, Big Sister sets aside her differences with Little Sister to rescue her from a tiger in disguise.
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
Fans of How to Train Your Dragon will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming illustrations and pet training tips in each chapter. Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet a ridiculous notion! Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many mysterious and fantastic creatures, hidden beneath...
13) Dragon's gate
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light."
Author
Series
Robin Lee books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
As her parents' arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the visits that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown, where they pretend to be an elderly cook's family, giving Robin new insights into her Chinese heritage.
15) The star fisher
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Joan is Chinese-American. That makes her and her family outsiders- so "different" that the narrow-minded townspeople think they belong in a zoo. How could that be? They live in America! She was born here. And she's going to fight to stay.
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In nineteenth-century China, a young girl struggles to protect her family from the threat of bandits, famine, and an ideological conflict between her father and brother.
19) The lost garden
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
The author describes how he grew up as a Chinese American in San Francisco and how he came to use his writing to celebrate his family and his ethnic heritage.