Feeling confined by the traditional Chinese family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence.
Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers.
In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force.
In Japan during the last quarter of the 16th century two unemployed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori.
In the 1950's Chinese American Emma Hu feels out of step in her community, not only because she is caught between two cultures, but also because she excels in math.
At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
