malaysia

"Kalamata and her friends Al Dente, Kyo, Dovie, and Knox are practicing their dance routine for the upcoming talent show. But none of them agree on what the routine is missing--Dovie thinks it needs more twirls, Knox wants more break-dancing, and everyone is getting frustrated! Luckily for the Electric (Fried Chicken) Sliders (as their group is called), all the magic they need to create a great dance routine is within reach! As Kalamata, Kyo, and Al Dente transport themselves to Kyo's family's kopitiam (Malaysian coffee shop), they discover how different ingredients are made better when combined with others. When they return, the team works together to incorporate each of their ideas and moves into a routine that steals the show!"--.

"Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her younger daughter, Jasmin, hides in a basement to avoid being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her older daughter, Jujube, who serves tea to drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault, and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily, desperate to be more than a housewife in British-colonized Malaya, is lured into a life of espionage by the charismatic General Fuijwara. Mesmerized by a dream of an 'Asia for Asians,' she helps usher in a war, and with it, a new and more brutal occupier. Now, her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them"--Provided by publisher.

"Quick-witted, ambitious Ji Lin is stuck as an apprentice dressmaker, moonlighting as a dancehall girl to help pay off her mother's Mahjong debts. But when one of her dance partners accidentally leaves behind a gruesome souvenir, Ji Lin may finally get the adventure she has been longing for. Eleven-year-old houseboy Ren is also on a mission, racing to fulfill his former master's dying wish: that Ren find the man's finger, lost years ago in an accident, and bury it with his body. Ren has 49 days to do so, or his master's soul will wander the earth forever. As the days tick relentlessly by, a series of unexplained deaths racks the district, along with whispers of men who turn into tigers. Ji Lin and Ren's increasingly dangerous paths crisscross through lush plantations, hospital storage rooms, and ghostly dreamscapes"--Provided by publisher.

"Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages"--Provided by publisher.

Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.

"Syed was forced to flee his homeland of Myanmar because of extreme violence and persecution against the Rohingya minority. After traveling by boat to Malaysia to meet up with his brother, Nazir, Syed must survive underground in a country in which he is not welcome. Interwoven with facts about the Rohingya humanitarian crisis and how refugees survive in countries such as Malaysia, Syeds story sheds light on the plight of Rohingya refugees around the world"--Amazon.

This book retells a Malaysian folk tale in which a lonely girl, Suraya, inherits from her grandmother a pelesit, a ghostly demon, who proves to be a good companion, bringing both danger and hope.

In Malaysia there is a dense forest called 'Asia's Amazon'. This story concerns Rajana, a girl of the Iban tribe who lives near the forest.

Relates the life experiences, from birth to his start in boarding school, of a Muslim boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia.

A retelling of a Malaysian folktale about a tiger who returns home from vacation to find that Mrs. Mousedeer has taken over his cave.