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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Teen/YA Fiction
YA ROGERS Shannon
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YA ROGERS Shannon
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North County Branch - Teen/YA Fiction
YA ROGERS Shannon
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YA ROGERS Shannon
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Alternating between present day and flashbacks, multiracial Filipina-American teen Marisol tries to figure out who she really is in the wake of her mother's sudden death.
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction
J LI Christina
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J LI Christina
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction
J LI Christina
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J LI Christina
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"Thanks to her Ye-Ye's epic scavenger hunts, thirteen-year-old Ruby Chu knows San Francisco like the back of her hand. But after his death, she feels lost, and it seems like everyone--from her best friends to her older sister--is abandoning her. After Ruby gets in major trouble at school, her parents decide she has to spend the summer at a local senior center, with her grandmother, Nai-Nai, and Nai-Nai's friends for company. When a new boy from Ruby's...
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
E LEUNG
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E LEUNG
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In a mix of Eastern and Western mythologies, a mother tells her child about two forests inhabited by different, but equally enchanting dragons that coexist within the child's heart.
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
E YANG
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E YANG
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
E YANG
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E YANG
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"A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction
J YEE Lisa
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J YEE Lisa
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction
J YEE Lisa
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J YEE Lisa
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Tewksbury Public Library - Juvenile Fiction
J YEE Lisa
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J YEE Lisa
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"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself"--
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Teen/YA Fiction - Graphic
BECKER
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BECKER
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"When Nao returns to Tokyo to reconnect with her Japanese heritage, she books a yearlong stay at the Himawari sharehouse. There she meets Hyejung and Tina, two other girls who came to Japan to freely forge their own paths. The trio live together, share meals, and even attend the same Japanese-language school, which results in them becoming fast friends. But will they be able to hold one another up as life tests them with new loves, old heart breaks,...
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
B KANG
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B KANG
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North County Branch - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
B KANG
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B KANG
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"A riveting blend of family history and original reportage by a conversation-starting writer for The New York Times Magazine that explores-and reimagines-Asian American identity in a Black and white world. In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigrants to the United States. Nobody, including the lawmakers who passed the bill, expected it to transform the country's demographics. But over the next four decades,...
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"Mr. and Mrs. Cho run a successful chain of Hawai'ian plate lunch restaurants, and their adult children are finding their way in the world: 21-year-old Grace is graduating in a few months, and 25-year-old Jacob is teaching English in Seoul. They're set to take over the restaurants when Umma and Appa retire. But when Jacob is captured by the South Korean government for attempting to run across the DMZ, the Chos' peaceful lives are shattered. What could...
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"For fans of Valeria Luiselli and Mohsin Hamid comes a fresh new perspective on coming-of-age as a Pakistani Muslim in rural America. "This is a fearless, exacting, essential work, and marks the debut of a thrilling new global voice."-Peter Ho Davies, author of The Welsh Girl. On a year-long exchange program in rural Oregon, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and understand why everyone around her seems to dislike...
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A free-verse novel about eleven-year-old Xiao Mei's visit with her extended family in China, where the Chinese-American girl finds many differences but also the similarities that bind a family together.
11) Project Mulberry
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While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
12) Kira-kira
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Bunnvale Library - Juvenile Fiction
KADOHATA
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KADOHATA
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction - Story Hour
KADOHATA
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KADOHATA
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction
KADOHATA
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KADOHATA
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Media
KADOHATA
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KADOHATA
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North County Branch - Juvenile Media
KADOHATA
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KADOHATA
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Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
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Bunnvale Library - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
PARK
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PARK
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Three Bridges Library - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
PARK
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PARK
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In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Includes historical notes.
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction
TAN
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TAN
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North County Branch - Adult Fiction
TAN
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TAN
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A pious man explained to his followers: "It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge to save a hundred lives. I drop my net in the lake and scoop out a hundred fishes. I place the fishes on the bank, where they flop and twirl. 'Don't be scared, ' I tell those fishes. 'I am saving you from drowning.' Soon enough, the fishes grow calm and lie still. Yet, sad to say, I am always too late. The fishes expire. And because it is evil...
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Bunnvale Library - Adult Fiction
SEE
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SEE
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction
SEE
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SEE
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Readington Township Library - Adult Fiction
SEE
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SEE
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Lily is haunted by memories–of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who defined her existence. She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s...
In nineteenth-century China, when wives and daughters were foot-bound and lived in almost total seclusion, the women in one remote Hunan county developed their own secret code for communication: nu shu (“women’s...
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Pacy Lin books volume 1
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It's the Chinese year of the dog! When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself, " Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the year of the dog is a lucky one for her after all.
19) nothing but the truth and a few white lies
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20) Brothers
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction
YIN
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YIN
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Having arrived in San Francisco from China to work in his brother's store, Ming is lonely until an Irish boy befriends him.