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Lion Dancer

author: Waters, Kate
Describes six-year-old Ernie Wong's preparations, at home and in school, for the Chinese New Year celebrations and his first public performance of the lion dance.
394.2
year: 1990
copies: 76
call number/section: 394.2
lexile: 540
subjects: chinese new year, chinese americans [X], chinatown (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X]

Henry And The Kite Dragon

author: Hall, Bruce Edward
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810

City Within A City

author: Krull, Kathleen
Describes the lives of two young Chinese Americans and their customs and conditions at home in New York City's Chinatown.
305.23
year: 1994
copies: 1
call number/section: 305.23
lexile:
subjects: chinese american children, chinese americans [X], chinatown (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X]

Girl In Translation

author: Kwok, Jean
Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840

My Chinatown

author: Mak, Kam
Presents a collection of poems which chronicles a year in the life of a young boy from Hong Kong as he adjusts to his new home in the Chinatown of an American city.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
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Rice Cakes And Paper Dragons

author: Reit, Seymour
Text and photographs introduce a girl of Chinatown, New York City, her family, and their celebration of Chinese New Year.
917.47
year: 1973
copies: 1
call number/section: 917.47
lexile:
subjects: chan, marie, chinese americans [X], chinatown (new york, n.y.), new york (n.y.) [X]

Keys To The City

author: Schroeder, Lisa
Nearly-thirteen-year-old Melinda Jia Mackay was adopted from China as a baby, and she has always preferred to stay out of the limelight, reading and writing for her own pleasure--but now she has a summer assignment, so with the help of a new friend, Tyler, and a therapy dog named Odie, she reluctantly hits the streets of New York City in search of her "true passion," one which she can share with others.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
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The Gamble

author: Jones, Patrick
In nineteenth-century New York City, teenaged Leung promises not to compete in bareknuckle boxing matches until he fixes his sloppy technique, but when his uncle's gambling debts get out of control, Leung must enter the ring to save him.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boxing, immigrants, chinese americans [X], orphans, uncles, new york (n.y.) [X]

The Cartographers

author: Zhang, Amy
Seventeen-year-old Ocean Wu moves to New York City to start college, but she defers her enrollment, keeping it a secret from her immigrant mother, and instead uses the time to deal with her ambivalence about her place in the world.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: depression, mental, suicide, depression (psychology), philosophy, chinese americans [X], new york (n.y.) [X]

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