chinese americans

Discusses the reasons Chinese people left their homeland to come to America, the experiences immigrants had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society. Includes sidebars and activities.

When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, search for the thief throughout San Francisco's Chinatown.

On the first day of spring, a mother and her son go to the park where they draw Chinese characters that represent words relating to the season.

Jim teams up with his grandfather, who is known as the meanest man in Chinatown, to defeat a powerful demon.

Contains instructions and resources for tracing Chinese-American roots, with information on the history and immigration of Chinese people, as well as explanations of different methods of collecting data.

When a prop gun used during the making of a television show turns out to have real bullets, twelve-year-old Lily Lew and Auntie, her movie actress great-aunt, comb San Francisco's Chinatown in search of the culprit responsible for loading the gun.

Lifelong friends, Winnie and Helen, have kept each other's secrets for more than fifty years. It's now time for Winnie to tell her daughter, Pearl, about her past, which is a journey from a small island outside of Shanghai in the 1920's, across a ravaged China during World War II and eventually to the United States. Her tale contains a secret that not even Helen knows.

A successful freelance writer, Amy Tan tried writing fiction in 1987 and produced The Joy Luck Club which became a best seller. She has continued to write about the issues of being a Chinese American.

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