Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
03 Mar, by in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost
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When her elderly uncle dies, Naomi, an unmarried schoolteacher, is called back to the remote town of her childhood. There she is reunited with Obasan, her Uncle’s widow, and confronted with the shattered memories of her...
Haesu Chun, newly arrived in the U.S. from Korea with her husband, struggles to establish a home in a foreign land. Born into a wealthy family, Haesu is initially ill-prepared for the racism, humiliation,...
At the turn of the century, Mat Fuse, a Japanese immigrant, heads for Alaska hoping to strike it rich panning for gold. When he finally gives up on his dream of a...
Short stories that cover a century of life in Hawai'i, including tales about a newly arrived picture bride, a young native woman working in a large foreign house, a young hapa girl searching for her identity,...
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