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Author
Series
Ming's adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Chinese
Description
While on a visit to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Ming travels back in time, meets the young emperor, and the two of them fly around the sky on the back of a bronze dragon.
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Separated from their parents in Beijing, China's Forbidden City, second-grade twins Ethan and Ella luckily find an ancient map that helps them find their way.
Author
Series
Daughters of the dynasty volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
When budding actress Gemma Huang flies to Beijing to star in a film of M. Butterfly, she is mistaken for a notorious socialite, kicking off a series of revelations her parents had carefully concealed from her.
Author
Series
Daughters of the dynasty volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
High school senior Lei unexpectedly finds love amid the student protests in Beijing in 1989, forcing her to choose between her family and its legacy or her future with a revolutionary leader.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Lunzi and Huangche were made in the same bicycle factory and remained close in a shop, but when Huangche is purchased before Lunzi, she races through Beijing seeking her friend. Includes glossary of Mandarin Chinese terms and descriptions of the places visited.
Author
Series
How to catch-- volume 9
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
A real, wily dragon winds through streets in China, eluding the traps set by a group of children during the Chinese New Year celebration.
12) Alone like me
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When Liling moves from her home in the mountains of China to the big city, her parents cannot afford to send her to school, and she spends her days with her mother, wishing she had a friend--until she sees a girl in a yellow coat, who lives in the next building, comes from a different mountain, and is happy to be Liling's friend.
14) The magic pillow
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A poor young boy in China yearns for wealth and power, until a magician gives him a magic pillow that brings dreams of what would happen if his wishes came true.
Author
Series
Ping (Demi) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Long ago, a Chinese emperor challenges the children of his kingdom to show him the greatest power in the world, and all are surprised at what is discovered.
Author
Series
Softwire volume 2
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
In long-ago China, as a young princess prepares to leave her parents' kingdom to travel to far-off Khotan where she is to marry the king, she decides to surreptitiously take with her a precious reminder of home.
20) Mulan
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This deluxe Step into Reading leveled reader is based on Disney Mulan--just in time for the release of the live-action in March 2020! Join Mulan and her friends Mushu, Cri-Kee, and more as they set out to save Mulan's father and the Chinese empire from an enemy invasion.
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