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E YOH
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E YOH
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Lily is upset when her mother announces the family will be moving back to Taiwan to care for her Ah Ma, but when her mother explains Taiwan is her home, Lily agrees it is her home too.
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After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
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J CHEN Nicole
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J CHEN Nicole
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J CHEN Nicole
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J CHEN Nicole
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Twelve-year-old Pearl Li tries to gain her family's acceptance and save her favorite boba tea shop by selling her crocheted amigurumi dolls.
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction - Holiday
E LAMOTTE
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E LAMOTTE
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction - Holiday
E LAMOTTE
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E LAMOTTE
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"It's almost Lunar New Year, and Chloe can't wait to celebrate! But first, Chloe and her family must prepare for the new year. They buy new shoes, lay out good-luck oranges in a bowl, decorate the red envelope, and make a crispy turnip cake. Everyone comes together to cook a fantastic feast, saving a plate for A-má, of course. Chloe enjoys the festive celebration and yummy food, but most of all, she loves spending time with her family"--
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"In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism"--
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E WONG
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E WONG
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Tewksbury Public Library - Juvenile Fiction - Picture Books
E WONG
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E WONG
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"A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature"--
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Teen/YA Fiction
YA SO Cynthia
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YA SO Cynthia
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North County Branch - Teen/YA Fiction
YA SO Cynthia
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YA SO Cynthia
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When her longtime--and long-distance-- crush, Ada, needs her help reuniting her grandmother with her own long-lost pen pal (and maybe love?), Elsie finds her plans igniting a summer of repairing broken bonds and wonders if she, too, can recover the things she's lost.
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"I'm still learning to love myself, but it's okay. I know I can always keep trying. Even an ordinary day is full of little challenges, especially when you're a kid. Like when you're learning to ride a bike and you still need training wheels...so the other kids ride past you. Or when you jump in a mud puddle...but you fall in and get your pants wet. Luckily you can learn to be kind to yourself with a bit of practice"--
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Hi'iaka wants to make the forests of Hawai'i safe for travelers, but she will have to battle an evil lizard named Pana'ewa and his army to do it, and with a little help from her sister and some special powers, she is ready for a great battle.
10) Enlighten me
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Fiction - Graphic
J LÊ Minh
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J LÊ Minh
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction - Graphic
J LÊ Minh
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J LÊ Minh
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Binh and his family take a trip to a silent meditation retreat, where he learns a lot about himself and how to manage his feelings through Buddhist teachings.
11) Shine
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Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.
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North County Branch - Teen/YA Fiction - Graphic
J YAONGYI
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J YAONGYI
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True Beauty is the English translation of the South Korean webtoon. In 2019, the webtoon was nominated for the 2019 Next Manga Awards in the web category. "Once bullied for being perceived as ugly, young Jugyeong Lim uses online tutorials to transform into a beautiful popular girl. Caught in a love triangle between a mystery man and a bad boy, Jugyeong navigates high school and her personal life while her self-esteem, romantic life, and school life...
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J YI Susie
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J YI Susie
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"Middle schooler Yuna, born in America to Korean parents, struggles with feeling too Korean to fit in with her American peers at school. Frustrated with her fractured life and desperate to fit in, Yuna makes a wish on paper stars to return to Korea so she might feel normal somewhere. When the unexpected death of her halmoni (grandmother) makes Yuna's wish come true, Yuna is wracked with guilt and feels more fragile than ever as she realizes she also...
14) The name drop
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YA LEE Susan
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YA LEE Susan
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Discovering a mix-up due to their shared Korean name, interns Elijah Ri and Jessica Lee decide to stay switched so Elijah can escape his controlling father while Jessica secures college recommendations, but the one thing they didn't count on was falling in love.
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J KIM Jessica
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J KIM Jessica
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J KIM Jessica
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J KIM Jessica
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South County Branch - Juvenile Fiction
J KIM Jessica
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J KIM Jessica
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Juvenile Media
J PLAYAWAY KIM Jessica
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J PLAYAWAY KIM Jessica
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"From the author of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! comes a funny and utterly charming novel about friends-how to make them, how to let go of them, and how to be your own BFF"--
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YA PARK Patricia
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YA PARK Patricia
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YA PARK Patricia
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YA PARK Patricia
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South County Branch - Teen/YA Fiction
YA PARK Patricia
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YA PARK Patricia
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"Alejandra Kim doesn't feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her super Spanish name and super Korean face do not compute to her mostly white "woke" classmates and teachers. In her Jackson Heights neighborhood, she's not Latinx enough. Even at home, Ale feels unwelcome. And things at home have only gotten worse since Papi's body was discovered on the subway tracks. Ale wants nothing more than to escape the city for the...
17) Snowglobe
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Snowglobe duology volume 1
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"Given the opportunity to enter Snowglobe, the last place on Earth that's warm, where its residents, in exchange for fame, fortune and safety, broadcast their lives 24/7 to the less fortunate outside, Chobahm discovers reality is a lie--and the truth is out of reach"--
18) Seoul food
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Hana is faced with a conundrum: what scrumptious dinner should she make for her four grandparents who are all coming for a visit? This dish isn't yummy enough, that one isn't special enough . . . What's an aspiring chef to do? Her mother tells her to cook what makes her heart happy, so Hana thinks hard. She remembers the savory gumbo that she made with Grandma and Grandpa Williams when she visited them in the South. Then she reminisces about the...
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J LEE Lyla
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J LEE Lyla
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North County Branch - Juvenile Fiction
J LEE Lyla
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J LEE Lyla
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South County Branch - Juvenile Fiction
J LEE Lyla
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J LEE Lyla
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This first book in a sparkling middle grade series giving a fresh take on The Baby-Sitters Club follows a young Korean American girl who starts a business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams. Jiyoung “Gigi” Shin loves to create, from her zany outfits to self-executed haircuts. She dreams of becoming an artist and doodles every chance she gets—at school instead of taking notes, in choir instead of singing, and at home instead...
20) The fox maidens
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Teen/YA Fiction - Graphic
YA GRAPHIC HA Robin
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YA GRAPHIC HA Robin
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YA GRAPHIC HA Robin
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YA GRAPHIC HA Robin
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Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret.