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Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence
Hardcover:
9780152766443 | Browndeer Pr, May 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence
Paperback:
9780152056698 | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 2007), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence.
9780152008864 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1994, cover price $6.00 | About this edition: Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence
Reinforced:
9780606061827 | Demco Media, May 1, 1994, cover price $14.54 | About this edition: Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence
Prebinding:
9781439557150 | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, October 4, 2008), cover price $15.95
9780785738503 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.45 | About this edition: Feeling confined by the traditional family attitudes of her strong-willed, manipulative grandmother, sixteen-year-old April Chen fights for her independence
Paperback:
9780440229735 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, December 1, 2003), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University, where she finds prejudice and loneliness, as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.
Library:
9780385900539 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Always aware that her missionary teachers are outsiders to her community in China, Yanyan keeps her distance, but she knows that she will be the outsider when she travels to the U.
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9780606286299, titled "Ocean Apart, a World Away" | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University, where she finds prejudice and loneliness, as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.
Prebinding:
9781435299405 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 12, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: While most 16-year-old girls are planning their weddings, Xueyan, known as Yanyan, has no interest at all in marriage.
9780613722643, titled "Ocean Apart, A World Away" | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University, where she finds prejudice and loneliness, as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.
Hardcover:
9780385730389 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 2003, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
Paperback:
9780440418900 | Yearling Books, November 1, 2004, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
Library:
9780385900720 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 2003, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
Prebinding:
9781435287617 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $14.50 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9781417620630 | Turtleback Books, November 9, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: At Seattle's annual Folk Fest, twelve-year-old Fiona and her older brother are torn between trying to please their Chinese grandmother and making their Scottish grandparents happy.
Product Description: Winner of the YALSA Best Book Award Not quite five years old in 1911 -- a time of revolution and transformation in China -- Third Sister Ailin rebels against the torturous tradition of foot binding. She feels no remorse when this causes the family of her intended husband to break the marriage agreement...read more
Hardcover:
9780786259229 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, November 1, 2003), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Paperback:
9780440415992 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, December 1, 2000), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Miscellaneous:
9780307434067 | Laurel Leaf, December 18, 2007, cover price $6.50
Prebinding:
9781435246997 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 18, 2008), cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Winner of the YALSA Best Book Award Not quite five years old in 1911 -- a time of revolution and transformation in China -- Third Sister Ailin rebels against the torturous tradition of foot binding.
9780613283779 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.60 | About this edition: Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Hardcover:
9780385731836 | Delacorte Pr, February 14, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl.
Paperback:
9780440238799 | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, April 10, 2007), cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl.
Library:
9780385902205 | Disney Books for Young Readers, February 14, 2006, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Their families clash when a Japanese-American teenaged boy starts dating a Chinese-American teenaged girl.
Prebinding:
9781417785476 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2007, cover price $16.65 | About this edition: Sue Hua just moved from racially diverse Seattle to a suburban white-bread town where she feels like the only Asian American for miles.
Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers.
Paperback:
9780804836135 | Tuttle Pub, September 15, 2005, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers.
Young Kajiro--an unemployed samurai--is mistaken for a famous warrior and uncovers a strange mystery replete with terrifying beasts, powerful lords and ladies, and political intrigue in medieval Japan.
Paperback:
9780804836128 | Tuttle Pub, September 15, 2005, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Young Kajiro--an unemployed samurai--is mistaken for a famous warrior and uncovers a strange mystery replete with terrifying beasts, powerful lords and ladies, and political intrigue in medieval Japan.
Library:
9780060243739 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1989, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: An unemployed samurai reluctantly helps solve a mystery and prevent the overthrow of a young ruler on an island in medieval Japan.
Zenta and Matsuzo, a duo of masterless samurai, try to discover the true identity of the supposedly supernatural murderer plaguing an ancient Japanese village.
Hardcover:
9780385291163 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 1981, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When a young ronin returns to the village of his former teacher, he and his companion find it being terrorized by a mysterious killer.
Paperback:
9780804836111, titled "The Village Of The Vampire Cat" | Tuttle Pub, April 15, 2005, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Zenta and Matsuzo, a duo of masterless samurai, try to discover the true identity of the supposedly supernatural murderer plaguing an ancient Japanese village.
9780936085296 | Reprint edition (Blue Heron Pub, April 1, 1995), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Two young Samurai visit a small Japanese village only to discover it is being terrorized by the Vampire Cat, a cunning extortionist, and their vow to thwart him results in a dramatic ending
Reinforced:
9780606337793 | Demco Media, April 15, 2005, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: Zenta and Matsuzo, a duo of masterless samurai, try to discover the true identity of the supposedly supernatural murderer plaguing an ancient Japanese village.
Hardcover:
9780440093251 | Delacorte Pr, April 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: In Japan during the last quarter of the 16th century two unemployed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori.
9780385291071 | Doubleday, April 1, 1980, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: *****Wishing only to rest from their travels and contemplate the beauty of spring in medieval Japan, Zento and Matsuzo, two young, unemployed sumurai, take rooms in a rural inn.
Paperback:
9780804836104, titled "The Valley Of The Broken Cherry Trees" | Tuttle Pub, April 15, 2005, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: In Japan during the last quarter of the sixteenth century, two unemployed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori.
9780936085326 | Reprint edition (Blue Heron Pub, September 1, 1995), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: *****Wishing only to rest from their travels and contemplate the beauty of spring in medieval Japan, Zento and Matsuzo, two young, unemployed sumurai, take rooms in a rural inn.
Reinforced:
9780606337786 | Demco Media, April 15, 2005, cover price $16.75 | About this edition: In Japan during the last quarter of the sixteenth century, two unemployed samurai attempt to discover who is mutilating the cherry trees in the valley of Lord Ohmori.
Having heard confusing rumors about a power struggle, two unemployed samurai arrive at a castle shaped like a serpent and reputed to be haunted.
Hardcover:
9780679203629 | Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 1976, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: During the struggle for a warlord's territory, two unemployed samurai attempt to secure power for the rightful heir.
Paperback:
9780804836098 | Tuttle Pub, September 15, 2004, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: During the struggle for a warlord's territory, two unemployed samurai attempt to secure power for the rightful heir.
Reinforced:
9780606337779 | Demco Media, September 15, 2004, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: During the struggle for a warlord's territory, two unemployed samurai attempt to secure power for the rightful heir.
During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies
Reinforced:
9780606337762 | Demco Media, August 15, 2004, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies
Hardcover:
9780679203612 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1976, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies
Paperback:
9780804836081 | Tuttle Pub, August 15, 2004, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies
9780440976820, titled "Samurai and the Long Nosed Devils" | Dell Pub Co, December 1, 1978, cover price $1.25 | About this edition: Civil wars ravaged Japan in the 16th century .
Always aware that her missionary teachers are outsiders to her community in China, Yanyan keeps her distance while getting her education, but her desire to become a doctor cannot be realized in her home country and Yanyan knows that she will be the outsider when she travels to America to continue her education. Teacher's Guide available.
Hardcover:
9780385730020 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 2002, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Despite the odds facing her decision to become a doctor in 1920's Nanking, China, teenaged Yanyan leaves her family to study at Cornell University where, along with hard work, she finds prejudice and loneliness as well as friendship and a new sense of accomplishment.
Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
Hardcover:
9780316590112 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
Paperback:
9780440418023 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, April 1, 2002), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
Reinforced:
9780606241151 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $12.45 | About this edition: Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
Prebinding:
9780613829786 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2002, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
Hardcover:
9780316597265 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Third daughter Mary Yang makes an unexpected new friend while trying to hide a kitten from her family
Paperback:
9780440412311 | Reprint edition (Yearling Books, May 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Third daughter Mary Yang makes an unexpected new friend while trying to hide a kitten from her family
Prebinding:
9780613071239 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $15.40 | About this edition: Third daughter Mary Yang makes an unexpected new friend while trying to hide a kitten from her family
School and Library:
9780823415427 | Holiday House, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: After swallowing the Hunger Monster, Jiro begins eating everything in sight, until his family finds a way to lure the monster out of Jiro's stomach.
Hardcover:
9780385326667 | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound
Reinforced:
9780606197472 | Demco Media, October 1, 2000, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Hardcover:
9780316597319 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture
Paperback:
9780440416418 | Yearling Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture.
Reinforced:
9780606187947 | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $11.76 | About this edition: While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture.
Prebinding:
9780613287081 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $12.80 | About this edition: While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture.
School and Library:
9780823413300 | Holiday House, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When Xiaolong devises a way to capture the thief who breaks into his family's home, all the people in the Chinese village change their minds about the 'lazy' boy
Hardcover:
9780152012823 | Browndeer Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force
Paperback:
9780152012830 | Browndeer Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $6.00 | About this edition: In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force
Reinforced:
9780606112505 | Demco Media, May 1, 1997, cover price $13.43 | About this edition: In medieval Japan, two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force
School and Library:
9780152000929 | Browndeer Pr, September 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: In ancient Japan, a cat with magical powers finds an unusual way to help his poor, humble master
Hardcover:
9780316597012 | Joy st Books, May 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father
Paperback:
9780440409175 | Yearling Books, February 1, 1994, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father
Reinforced:
9780606061070 | Demco Media, February 1, 1994, cover price $13.41 | About this edition: Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father
Prebinding:
9780785725855 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father
Shipwrecked and then rescued by Ainu, a strange, round-eyed people, samurais Zenta and Matsuzo soon find themselves captives of these strange people, and their escape only leads them into a mystery involving bear attacks on a nearby Japanese settlement.
Library:
9780060202897 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1992, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers
Looks at modern China's transportation system, language, cuisine, housing, occupations, education, medicine, sports, entertainment, and public attitudes
Hardcover:
9780814909089, titled "China: A Travelers Companion" | Vanguard Pr, October 1, 1985, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Looks at modern China's transportation system, language, cuisine, housing, occupations, education, medicine, sports, entertainment, and public attitudes
Paperback:
9780814909010 | Vanguard Pr, October 1, 1985, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Looks at modern China's transportation system, language, cuisine, housing, occupations, education, medicine, sports, entertainment, and public attitudes
Two young Samurai visit a small Japanese village only to discover it is being terrorized by the Vampire Cat, a cunning extortionist, and their vow to thwart him leads to a dramatic confrontation
Paperback:
9788434816589 | Ediciones Sm, September 1, 1985, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Two young Samurai visit a small Japanese village only to discover it is being terrorized by the Vampire Cat, a cunning extortionist, and their vow to thwart him leads to a dramatic confrontation
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