Namioka, Lensey

Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.

An unemployed samurai reluctantly helps solve a mystery and prevent the overthrow of a young ruler on an island in medieval Japan.

Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl.

When teenagers Sue Hua, who is Chinese American, and Andy Suzuki, who is Japanese American, start dating they think they have a lot in common, but once their families find out about their relationship and tell them their opinions, they begin to question if they should be together.

While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture.

Feeling confined by the traditional Chinese family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence.

When Xiaolong devises a way to capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, all the people in the Chinese village change their minds about the "lazy" boy.

Yanyan, having always wanted to be a doctor, makes a difficult decision to leave the exciting Liang Baoshu behind in China and moves to New York to attend medical school.

During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies.