Laurence Yep
Author
Series
Tiger's apprentice volume 1
Language
English
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Soon to be an animated movie!
Don't miss this middle grade fantasy adventure about a boy, a magical tiger, an outlaw dragon, and a mischievous monkey who carry the fate of the world on their shoulders. From two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Laurence Yep (Dragonwings, Dragon's Gate), now with an all-new cover and introduction!
Tom Lee's life changes forever the day he meets a talking tiger named Mr. Hu and discovers that he has magical powers...
2) Staking a Claim: The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese Miner, California, 1852: California, 1852
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Language
English
Description
Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep's incredible JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG is now in paperback with a stunning repackaging!
In 1852, during the height of the California Gold Rush, ten-year-old Wong makes the dangerous trip to America to live with his uncle, exchanging the famine and war of his native country for brutal bullies and grueling labor in America, Wong joins his uncle and countless others in the effort to strike it rich on the great "Golden...
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Crusty dragon Miss Drake's new pet human, precocious ten-year-old Winnie, not only thinks Miss Drake is her pet, she accidentally brings to life her "sketchlings" of mysterious and fantastic creatures hidden in San Francisco, causing mayhem among its residents.
4) Dragonwings
Author
Series
Golden mountain chronicles volume 5
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine. "Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met. But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider,...
5) City of fire
Author
Series
City trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
6) Isabelle
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Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Isabelle, who attends a performing arts school in Washington, D.C., with her older sister, Jade, has a passion for ballet dancing but lacks self-confidence.
Author
Series
Dragon's guide volume 2
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Winnie is challenged to adapt to a new school for girls where teaching is anything but ordinary and where the eclectic student body includes magicals as well as humans, and while Winnie uses her wits to find her own way, crusty dragon Miss Drake is secretly trying to discover and foil a new plot by Winnie's grandfather to gain custody of her.
9) Mia
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mia has grown up playing ice hockey with her three older brothers and has the skills she needs to become a star hockey player. But she's tired of skating in her brothers' shadows and has decided to pursue her passion for figure skating instead. With the help of a new coach, Mia finds out whether she has what it takes to grow and compete as a figure skater.
Series
American girl volume 8
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Isabelle is an inspired dancer with a flair for fashion design. She's thrilled to be studying ballet at a prestigious performing arts school but her classmates are so talented, and she can't help feeling that she's always in the shadow of her 'perfect' older sister Jade. So when her idol, a famous ballerina, encourages her to audition for a professional ballet, Isabelle isn't sure she can land the role.