chinese americans

The story of two generations of the Leong family living in the heart of San Francisco's Chinatown in an uneasy tension.

As her parents' arguments become more frequent, Robin looks forward to the visits that she and her grandmother make to Chinatown, where they pretend to be an elderly cook's family, giving Robin new insights into her Chinese heritage.

A collection of essays in which Paisley Rekdal reflects on her childhood and her failure to fit in.

A 14-year-old Chinese boy is left without a family in the United States and joins the crews building the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

Fourteen-year-old Candace Ong finally gets her chance to get away from working in her parents' restaurant for the summer, but the world beyond what she is used to may be more than she can handle.

Text and photographs identify discrimination and discuss how Chinese Americans have struggled for their civil rights.

Personal narratives explore the common bond of womanhood that bridges East and West in the ancient struggle for equality for Chinese women.

A young Chinese girl beginning a new life in America describes how her difficult adjustment was made more endurable when she made her first American friend.

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.

In 1918, having run away from the Washington State lumber camp she calls home, a fourteen-year-old half-Chinese albino named Cordy makes her way to Seattle and finds work in a carnival.