Yee, Paul

In 1907 Vancouver, Canada, after helping unearth a skeleton to be returned for burial in China, fourteen-year-old Bing experiences strange events that cause him to confront his fear of both ghosts and of his father.

A collection of ten short stories by Paul Yee about Chinese immigrants struggling to make new lives for themselves in North America.

Following the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, fifteen-year-old Jackson Leong, who has the ability to see ghosts, finds himself haunted by his brother who died during the earthquake and a mysterious young woman.

Jason, a recent immigrant from China, has trouble fitting in and learns that he must fight to belong.

Despite a greedy father and lazy brothers who try to conceal her identity as the real cook in their restaurant, Maylin manages to receive the recognition she deserves when a governor from China comes to a New World Chinatown.

Ray Liu is having a hard time adjusting to his new life and living up to his father's expectations, and when his father discovers Ray has been looking at gay websites, he kicks Ray out of the house, and in order to survive on the streets, Ray is forced to sell his body for money.