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"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. Despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond over...
3) Hong Kong!
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Recipe for adventure volume 3
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2014]
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141 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm.
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Alfie and Emilia are transported by their great-aunt's latest magical secret ingredient to Hong Kong, where they assist Ying's family with the opening of a new restaurant.
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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Celebrate Chinese New Year and learn how every animal earned its place in the Chinese zodiac by taking part in the Great Race! Discover who will come first to win the ultimate prize, and find out why Cat will never forgive his friend Rat in this ancient folk tale that has been passed from generation to generation.
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Front desk volume 3
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While visiting family in China, Mia Tang witnesses some of the big changes the country is going through, which makes her think about the changes in her own life that need to be dealt with.
6) Iron widow
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2021.
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"The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
8) A gift
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Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncles who live far away in China.
10) Necropolis
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Gatekeepers (Anthony Horowitz) volume 4
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To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
12) Angel in Beijing
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
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"In busy Beijing, New Year's Eve firecrackers scare a stray white cat into the courtyard of a young girl. The two become fast friends, riding the girl's bike through the city and seeing all kinds of people and things. Trrrring-trrrring! the girl chimes with her bicycle bell. Niaow-niaow! answers Kitty. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the girl and the cat watch the kites soaring above crowded, chaotic Tiananmen Square. Kitty is enthralled by...
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Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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When his mother sends him to the market to buy necessities for the upcoming festival, Lin Yi is certain his bargaining skills will get him the best prices and he will have money left over for his coveted red rabbit lantern.
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The 39 clues. Main series volume 8
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As the race to find the 39 Clues builds to its explosive finish, Amy and Dan must explore an ancient culture and steal a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers. It's the most dangerous Clue search yet--and it may mean the end for Amy and Dan.
15) Mouse
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Five ancestors. Original series volume 6
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
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192 p. ; 22 cm.
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In seventeenth-century China, orphaned ShaoShu, who can squeeze into small spaces, puts his life in danger when he becomes a spy for a young band of warrior monks known as the Five Ancestors and bravely infiltrates evil Tonglong's camp.
16) Red butterfly
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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In China, a foundling girl with a deformed hand raised in secret by an American woman must navigate China's strict adoption system when she is torn away from the only family she has ever known.
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How to catch-- volume 9
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A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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386 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Taken in by a poor family in a rural village after the death of her father, Sunflower bonds with the family's only child, Bronze, who has not spoken since being traumatized by a terrible fire.
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Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 4
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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408 pages ; 22 cm.
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When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
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Explorer Academy volume 6
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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"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"--
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