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581) Shaolin warrior
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Trying to escape a criminal past, one man attempts to join the ranks of the Shaolin Warriors, but he's denied. However, having impressed the king with his dedication, he is hired as a temple groundskeeper. Working on the temple grounds during the day and mastering kung fu at night, he prepares for a second chance at becoming a warrior. His test comes sooner than expected when the king's enemy declares war, leaving him alone to defend the temple.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as an astonishing 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the largest human migration on the planet, an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future. Working over several years in classic verite, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan travels with one couple who have embarked on...
583) Wilder
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The lives of Jason Wilder and Meili Wen intersect in the delinquent-proof room for in-school suspension, known as the Rubber Room, and Jason's growing, fierce protectiveness of Meili explodes into violence when her chance to return to her wealthy lifestyle in Hong Kong--and his opportunity to escape poverty, loneliness, and the past--is threatened.--
584) The dragon warrior
Author
Series
Dragon warrior volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jade Society member Faryn Liu may be destined to command the Jade Emperor's army of demon-fighting dragons, but first she must complete a daring quest across San Francisco's Chinatown before the Lunar New Year.
585) Hero: Ying xiong
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From insects looking for a meal made of ghosts to a man named Yuzi who's passion for cooking is the only hope of maintaining a family legacy, these wonderfully illustrated stories explore the rich and humorously lives of the characters within. From the mind of prodigy cartoonist Zao Dao comes Cuisine Chinoise: 5 Tales of Life and Food!"--
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split"--
Series
Criterion collection volume 804
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Conflict between the fourteen-year-old girlfriend of a gang member and the gang leader leads to tragic consequences.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Chun Li grows up and becomes a talented concert pianist. At the end of one of her concerts, she receives a scroll written in Ancient Chinese text. On her way home, she sees a mysterious homeless man getting assaulted by street thugs. After the thugs leave, Chun Li tends to him and notices a spiderweb tattoo on his hand. Nash and Maya investigate the murders of several heads of criminal syndicate families in Bangkok. On the side, Chun Li is meeting...
590) Ghost book
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren't real. So she pretends they don't exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He's a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends...
591) First class murder
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
On holiday with Hazel's father, Daisy and Hazel secretly investigate a murder on the Orient Express, rushing to solve it before another murder occurs, or someone else finds the killer.
Author
Publisher
[Yobe Qiu Publishing]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It's almost Lunar New Year! Xiao Mi, Hang, Kwan, Malai and Charu all celebrate the New Year in their own special way. Experience how each one of the Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Indian children and their families honor Lunar New Year, from dragon dances in China to firecrackers in India!
594) The fallen hero
Author
Series
Dragon warrior volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Determined to prevent the war her brother Alex is provoking, twelve-year-old Faryn Liu and her half-dragon friend, Ren, seek help from the New Order, warriors based in Manhattan's Chinatown, and from the Monkey King.--
Author
Series
Catherine Ling novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When CIA operative Catherine Ling's old friend Hu Chang creates something so deadly, and completely untraceable, the chase is on to be the first to get it. With rogue operative John Gallo also on the hunt, Catherine finds herself pitted against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive the quest to protect those she cares about.
Author
Series
Pacy Lin books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Chinese Year of the Rat, a young Taiwanese American girl faces many challenges: her best friend moves to California and a new boy comes to her school, she must find the courage to forge ahead with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and she must learn to find the beauty in change.
597) Paper son
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The Most Southern Place on Earth: that's what they call the Mississippi Delta. It's not a place Lydia Chin, an American-born Chinese private detective from Chinatown, NYC, ever thought she'd have reason to go. But when her mother tells her a cousin Lydia didn't know she had is in jail in Clarksdale, Mississippi - and that Lydia has to rush down south and get him out - Lydia finds herself rolling down Highway 61 with Bill Smith, her partner, behind...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Comicarts
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are having a tough time. On top of the multiple failures in their personal and professional lives, they're struggling to keep their restaurant afloat. Luckily their parents, Ipo and Keon, are in town for their annual visit. Having immigrated from Hong Kong before the twins were born, Ipo and Keon have supported their children through thick and thin and are ready to lend a hand--but they're starting to wonder,...
Author
Series
American crossroads volume 52
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of Cheyennes, Lakotas, and Pawnees, and from the vantage of Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched monograph, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explicates the imperial...
600) Fist of legend
Series
Dragon dynasty volume 31
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
When Chen discovers that his beloved teacher and mentor has been murdered, he is determined to avenge his death and restore honor to the school.
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