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The Star Maker

author: Yep, Laurence
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 530

The Journal Of Wong Ming-chung

author: Yep, Laurence
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: california, gold mines and mining, chinese americans [X], uncles [X], diaries, california

Skunk Scout

author: Yep, Laurence
Teddy is not thrilled with the present his uncle gives him for his tenth birthday--a camping trip for him and his younger brother--but on his first outing away from San Francisco's Chinatown, Teddy learns some interesting facts about nature, about his uncle, and about himself.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: camping, brothers, uncles [X], chinese americans [X]

Oranges On Golden Mountain

author: Partridge, Elizabeth
When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister.
398.2
year: 2003
copies: 7
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 690

Flight Of The Fisherbird

author: Martin, Nora
In 1889 in the islands off the coast of Washington State, thirteen-year-old Clementine pulls a nearly drowned Chinese man out of the sea and begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may have been involved in his attempted murder as well as other treacherous deeds.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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A Gift

author: Chen, Yong
Amy receives a gift for the Chinese New Year from her aunt and uncle who live far away in China.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
subjects: aunts, uncles [X], chinese americans [X], chinese new year, china

Staking A Claim

author: Yep, Laurence
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: diaries, uncles [X], chinese americans [X], gold mines and mining, california

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 [X], new york (n.y.)

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