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• Front Desk

  Yang, Kelly,

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  Mia is courageous, smart, kind, and full of grand ideas! She immigrated to the US with her parents from China and life has been hard. The family lives in and manages the Calivista Motel for meager wages. Many of her friends and family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When You Trap a Tiger

  Keller, Tae,

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  Winner of the Newbery and deservedly so. A mix of family in crisis with Korean fairy tales. Just magical.

• The Year of the Dog

  Lin, Grace

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  When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Secret Coders

  Yang, Gene Luen

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  Welcome to Stately Academy, a school which is just crawling with mysteries to be solved! The founder of the school left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students. Using their wits and their growing prowess with coding,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inside Out & Back Again

  Lại, Thanhhà,

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  During the Vietnam War Ha immigrates to Alabama after the fall of Saigon. She leaves behind her closely knit family, busy markets and all that she knows. The people of Alabama seem cold and the food seems dull. She tells her tale of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Emperor's Riddle

  Zhang, Kat, 1991-

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  From acclaimed author Kat Zhang comes a "fast-paced mystery adventure" ( BCCB ) about a girl who embarks on a hunt for a long-lost treasure while on a summer trip to China. -from Catalog

• The Crystal Ribbon

  Lim, Celeste,

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  A magical story of a twelve year old girl in medieval China, who is given up by her parents for marriage to a man she's never met. Desperate to return back to her village, she enlists the help of her spider and nightingale friends to make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Diary

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  It's 1947 and India has divided into India and Pakistan. Nisha lost her mother when she was a baby and now she writes to her as she makes the dangerous journey to find her new home.

• Amal Unbound

  Saeed, Aisha

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  Amal Unbound is the story of a girl in Pakistan who does one small rebellious act and finds herself drawn into indentured servitude, possibly for life. How can Amal find a way to be happy in this strange new life? Is there any way out?

• When the Sea Turned to Silver

  Lin, Grace,

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  When the Sea Turned to Silver is powerful, poetic and surprising. Grace Lin weaves Pinmei’s quest to rescue Amah, her grandmother, with Chinese folklore. Amah is a masterful storyteller and her tales become central to Pinmei’s search. Soon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• See You in the Cosmos

  Cheng, Jack, 1983-

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  11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl Sagan—named for his hero, the real-life astronomer. All he wants is to launch his golden iPod into space the way Carl Sagan (the man, not the dog)…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amina's Voice

  Khan, Hena

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  Amina is a Pakistani-American girl who just started middle school. On top of the usual insecurities, Amina is also grappling with pressure to be more "American". When her community mosque is vandalized, Amina's concerns get much bigger…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Place to Belong

  Kadohata, Cynthia,

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  A Japanese-American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese internment camps, gives up their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing look at…Read moreRead more of this annotation