chinese americans

Traces the history of the Chinese in the United States over the course of 150 years, examining the reasons why people chose to leave China, discussing the challenges they encountered in America, and telling the stories of individual men and women who left their country to make a new life in the U.S.

Dragonwings is the story of a young Chinese boy who joins his father in San Francisco in the early 1900's to help him realize his dream of building a flying machine.

The personal, often painful, histories of four Chinese American women who began meeting in San Francisco in 1949 to play mah jong are revealed as the daughter of one who has died searches for her sisters in China to tell them about the mother they never knew.

A coming-of-age novel about a twelve-year-old Asian-American boy learning about sex at his working-class parents' New Jersey motel.

Examines the life and accomplishments of author Amy Tan, discussing her Chinese heritage, her youth in California, her early literary talent, and her success as a novelist.

A free-spirited young Chinese-American hippie struggles with Chinese stereotypes in 1960s San Francisco as he attempts to write and stage a theater production based on Chinese folktales and novels.

Chinese immigrant Jack Moon Szeto struggles between the woman he loves and the law that forces him into a pre-arranged marriage.

A biography of the Chinese-American tennis player who, in 1989, became the youngest man to win the prestigious French Open tournament.

Sam must decide how to spend the lucky money he received for Chinese New Year.