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1) Night heron
Author
Series
Philip Mangan novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former British spy Peanut reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction from Beijing.
2) Flower net
Author
Series
Red princess mysteries volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Author
Series
China novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Separated from their parents in Beijing, China's Forbidden City, second-grade twins Ethan and Ella luckily find an ancient map that helps them find their way.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"When Samuel Pickens's great love tragically loses her life, Samuel travels the globe, Annabelle always on his mind. Eventually, he comes face-to-face with the mirror image of his obsession in the last place he would expect. As Pickens uncovers her secrets, he must decide how far he will go for a woman he loves"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Daughters of the dynasty volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
High school senior Lei unexpectedly finds love amid the student protests in Beijing in 1989, forcing her to choose between her family and its legacy or her future with a revolutionary leader.
Author
Series
Daughters of the dynasty volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When budding actress Gemma Huang flies to Beijing to star in a film of M. Butterfly, she is mistaken for a notorious socialite, kicking off a series of revelations her parents had carefully concealed from her.
11) Braised pork
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One autumn morning, Jia Jia walks into the bathroom of her lavish Beijing apartment to find her husband dead. One minute she was breakfasting with him and packing for an upcoming trip, the next, she finds him motionless in their bathtub. Like something out of a dream, next to the tub Jia Jia discovers a pencil sketch of a strange watery figure, an image that swims into Jia Jia's mind and won't leave. The mysterious drawing launches Jia Jia on an...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, she gains the approval of her classmates at her new international school in Beijing, and a career-launching internship opportunity at her favorite magazine. Unfortunately, Eliza's essay is completely fiction. All good writing is lying, right? To hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with an actor in her class, the charming but aloof Caz Song. She'll help him write his college...
Author
Publisher
Stelliform Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They were fire and terror to the Western world, while in the East the dragons brought life-giving rain. Now, no longer hailed as gods and struggling in the overheated pollution of Beijing, only the Eastern species survives. As drought plagues the aquatic dragons, a mysterious disease -- shaolong, or "burnt lung" -- afflicts the city's human inhabitants. Jaded college student Xiang Kaifei scours Beijing streets for abandoned dragons, distracting himself...
Author
Series
Victor Li novels volume 1
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A fresh, smart, and fast-paced revenge thriller about a college basketball player who discovers shocking truths about his family in the wake of his father's murder. Victor Li is devastated by his father's murder, and shocked by a confessional letter he finds among his father's things. In it, his father admits that he was never just a restaurateur, in fact he was part of a vast international crime syndicate that formed during China's leanest communist...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From "China's foremost literary satirist" (Financial Times) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priest. At the Religious Training Center on the campus of Beijing's National Politics University, disciples of China's five main religions-Buddhism, Daoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam-gather for a year of intensive study and training. In this hallowed...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing, China - and it's full of big personalities. There's a story around every corner, and each day has a hint of magic. In one tale, Yu'er wants to swim in the Special Olympics, a sports competition for people with disabilities. But she and her grandpa don't have a pool! Their trick to help Yu'er practice wows the whole neighborhood. In another story, a friend takes Yu'er to a wild place full...
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school...When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power--she'll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it's worth losing her conscience--or...
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