Theme: stereotypes

Noodle Pie

By Book Importer | Published: October 6, 2010

It’s Andy’s first trip on an airplane when he and his dad travel to Vietnam to meet all his relatives. Talk about culture shock! Everyone calls him by his Vietnamese name instead of Andy and he is stunned to discover the family restaurant. For Andy and his dad- a former refugee returning for the first [...]

Descriptors: Asia, Awards, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, Viet Nam » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

American Born Chinese

By Richard Clift | Published: January 19, 2010

A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and [...]

Descriptors: China, Graphic Novel, Taiwan, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Elena’s Serenade (Americas Award For Children’s And Young Adult Literature. Commended (Awards)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Who ever heard of a girl glassblower?In Mexico, where the sun is called el sol and the moon is called la luna, a little girl called Elena wants to blow into a long pipe…and make bottles appear, like magic.But girls can’t be glassblowers. Or can they?Join Elena on her fantastic journey to Monterrey — home [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Mexico, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » 2 Comments