Wandering Warrior
Eleven-year-old Luka, destined to become the future emperor of China, is trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering warriors by the wise monk Atami.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Forbidden City
Seventeen-year-old Alex joined his father, a cameraman for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in China in 1989.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
The Story Of Paper
After the Kang brothers get in trouble at school, they devise a way to make paper, which will make things easier for both their teacher and themselves.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
Spring Pearl
Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, twelve-year old orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Ancient China
Contains a choose-your-own-path story describing the life and times of ancient China.
931
year: 2013
copies: 14
call number/section: 931
lexile: 710
Waiting
Lin Kong struggles to balance his life between the two women he loves and the country that is trying to rule his life.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: man-woman relationships, arranged marriage, man-woman relationship, adultery, historical fiction [X], china [X], china, physicians, married people, triangles (interpersonal relations)
Anya's War
Anya Rosen moves with her family from Odessa to Shanghai in order to escape religious persecution from Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, but after Anya discovers a newborn baby abandoned in the middle of the street and her hero, Amelia Earhart, goes missing, Anya fears that there is no safe place for her family.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: jews, abandoned children, historical fiction [X], emigration and immigration, sino-japanese war, 1937-1945, shanghai (china), china [X]
Legend Of The Chinese Dragon
Tired of their tribes fighting over the many spirits which protect the people, the young children of China decide to create one great spirit and bring peace to the country.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Year Of The Tiger
In ancient China, two boys forge an unlikely alliance in an effort to become expert archers and, ultimately, to save their city from invading barbarians.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
Kai's Journey To Gold Mountain
In 1934, twelve-year-old Kai leaves China to join his father in America, but first he must take a long sea voyage, then endure weeks of crowded conditions and harsh examinations on Angel Island, fearing that he or his new friend will be sent home.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: chinese americans, emigration and immigration, immigrants, historical fiction [X], angel island (calif.), los angeles (calif.), china [X], united states
Along The River
CC suffers a bad fall and, in order to treat her injuries, she undergoes hypnotherapy that reveals her connection to an eleventh-century girl named Mei Lan, who defied convention to befriend a household servant who was a brilliant artist.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Warlord's Puppeteers
While traveling back to their warlord's palace in ancient China, Chuan and the artist to whom he is apprenticed join a troupe of puppeteers and Chuan learns about puppet proportions.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: puppets, ratio and proportion, historical fiction [X], puppets and puppet plays, china [X]
Wushu Were Here
Joe, Fred, and Sam travel back in time to ancient China and help defeat the awful ruler Wang.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
The Emperor's Painting
Han Li, an arrogant painter and poet, faces a tough decision when his master becomes ill and cannot finish a painting for the emperor.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
Women Of The Silk
Relates the story of two women who struggle for economic independence in silk work in 1926 in a small village in China.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890