chinese americans

"A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen"--.

1954, in San Francisco's Chinatown, seventeen-year-old Lily Hu falls in love with Kathleen Miller.

The Chinese American journalist describes how her obsession with grief culminated in her mother's death from cancer. She offers an intimate look at her relationship with her mother, her mother's life and decline, and the grief that affected her and her family members in different ways. She also reflects on the impact of other deaths in her family.

When Lucie Tang Churchill attends her cousin's wedding on the posh island of Capri, she meets handsome, rich surfer George Zao. While both have Chinese heritage, Lucie is determined to believe they have nothing else in common, especially not the undeniable chemistry she feels with him. They meet up again years later in New York, when Lucie is engaged to another man. The old feelings she had for him rush in, and Lucie does everything she can to deny that they are real, failing miserably.

Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

"Katie Woo and her parents help their new neighbor, Mr. Kenji, to prepare for his final test to become a nurse"--OCLC.

"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--Provided by publisher.

Li, her mother, and her brother journey from China to America to join their father in San Francisco, but they are detained at the Angel Island immigration center, where Chinese Americans are subject to harsh treatment and questioning. Will Li be able to answer the detailed questions about her former home, and why she wants to come to America? Or will she fail the tests and be deported?.

"Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"--.