Overview :"The class is so quiet you can hear Tina's hard shoe soles on the floor. Everyone is watching us. Sisters, they are thinking." Ten-year-old ... Read More
Overview :When her maternal grandfather comes from China, Helen, who is biracial, develops a special bond with him despite their age and language diff... Read More
Overview :"You are my messenger. Look everything. Remember." Grandma Nai Nai tells eleven-year-old Xiao Mei as the girl heads off to Shanghai, China, ... Read More
Overview :The solution, he realizes, is in the rooftop gardens and window boxes of his apartment neighbors, representing a varied and continuously blo... Read More
Overview :Sharon can hardly believe the news. Di Di, her two-year-old brother, is being taken to China to spend a year with their grandparents. Why ca... Read More
Overview :Worried about the drought that has caused a big decrease in honey production, his dad is irritable and remote, seemingly unable to offer the... Read More
Overview :This prequel to THE YEAR OF THE BOOK follows perceptive, astute Anna as she strives to grow a perfect garden -- only to realize that the gar... Read More
Overview :In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.When Anna needs company... Read More
Overview :Last year, Anna learned how to be a good friend. Now that her family has adopted a baby girl from China, she wants to learn how to be a good... Read More
Overview :Eleven-year-old Anna heads off to sixth grade, leaving the comfort of elementary school behind and entering the larger, more complex world o... Read More