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3) Descent
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy"-- Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Language
English
Description
Zhao Di and her friends are excited to go out at night with their paper lanterns and celebrate Chinese New Year. Each holding a unique colorful lantern with a lit candle inside, they admire the breathtaking colors while doing their best to avoid the wind and the sneaky boys in the village. Every night, until the fifteenth day of New Year, Zhao Di and her friends take part in this fun tradition, experiencing the thrill of nighttime in their village....
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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
Warlord series volume 1
Publisher
Pelican Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hoping to avoid punishment for breaking a beautiful tile that was his gift to a Chinese warlord, an artist suggests that the warlord hold a contest to see if anyone can mend it.
9) Blue gold
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Across three different continents, the trade of the rare mineral coltan, used in the manufacture of electronics, profoundly affects the lives of three teenage girls.
Author
Series
Warlord series volume 2
Publisher
Pelican Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young Chinese boy helps his father count the warlord's vast treasures by using beads threaded on a branch. Includes a brief history of the abacus and instructions for making one.
11) Dragon keeper
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When a nameless orphan saves the life of an old dragon and journeys with him across China to keep his legacy safe, she ends up fulfilling her destiny as a Dragon Keeper.
12) The pea blossom
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In a garden near Beijing, five peas in a shell grow and wait to discover what fate has in store for them.
13) The Blue Lotus
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Language
English
Description
Tintin travels to Shanghai where he and his dog, Snowy, encounter Japanese spies, sabotage, and opium smugglers.
Author
Series
Alvin Ho volume 6
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Winston Chu saves the owner of a curiosities shop from a robbery only to be gifted a broomstick and a dustpan for his trouble--items that turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when they sweep away important stuff, like his baby sister.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the help of honest tailors to reveal their misdeeds in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a robe.
Author
Series
Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Kidd children--including twelve-year-old twins Rebecca and Bickford--follow mysterious clues that take them from China to Germany, in the hopes of finding their missing father and the treasure that will finally free their kidnapped mother.
20) A grain of rice
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Description
A clever, cheerful, hard-working farmer's son wins the hand of a Chinese princess by outwitting her father, the Emperor, who treasures his daughter more than all the rice in China.
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