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1) Iron widow
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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.
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
When Captain Shang is mortally wounded by Shan Yu in battle, Mulan must travel to the Underworld, Diyu, in order to save him from certain death. But King Yama, the ruler of Diyu, is not willing to give Shang up easily.
8) Mulan
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
22 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Presents the Disney version of the Chinese story about Mulan, a young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight in the Imperial Army.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Description
"The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with young Xingling! But Xingling is clever and thinks quickly to outwit him with Chinese New Year traditions"--
10) Freedom swimmer
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 20
Description
Magically transported to southwest China to find the final object needed to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Jack and Annie take a side trip to the world's largest giant panda reserve.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 21 cm
Description
After her parents are arrested by Chinese soldiers because of their religious beliefs, twelve-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam travel from their home in Tibet across the Himalayas to India in order to seek the help of the Dalai Lama.
20) My Mei Mei
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
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