Minh Lê
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English
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Tai Pham struggles with balancing school, his work in the family business, his friendships, and his new Green Lantern responsibilities. But Kid Flash arrives on the scene to become the super-hero partner Tai just might need. It's only been a few months since Green Lantern Tai Pham inherited his ring from his ba and defeated his nemesis, Xander Griffin. But Tai knows their last battle was only the beginning-and even though no one believes him, Tai...
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Series
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Tai Pham lives in the apartment above his grandmother's store, where his bedroom is crammed with sketchpads and comic books. But not even his most imaginative drawings could compare to the colorful adventure he's about to embark on.
When Tai inherits his grandmother's jade ring, he soon finds out it's more than it appears. Suddenly he's being inducted into a group of space cops known as the Green Lanterns, his neighborhood is...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Award-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun and enlightening graphic novel about one kid’s journey to finding inner peace and belonging. Perfect for fans of Measuring Up and New Kid.
When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right?...
When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right?...
5) Lift
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she can escape and explore on her own. But when she's forced to choose between going at it alone or letting her little brother tag along, Iris finds that sharing a discovery with...
6) Enlighten me
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he's stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat. That means no talking--and no video games!--for a whole weekend. Could things possibly get any worse? However, when a nun gathers all the kids to tell them...
7) The blur
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about a baby with superhero-like abilities...and the parents who are racing to keep up with her!"--
9) Real to me
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Told from the perspective of an imaginary friend who grapples with the complex feelings of growing apart from their human.
11) Built to last
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Every creation two friends build together ends up tumbling down, except their friendship.
12) The perfect seat
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Publisher
Disney . HYPERION
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
Description
Eager to read together, a parent and child search for the perfect seat.
13) Let me finish!
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When our young hero settles in to read, the last thing he wants is for some noisy animals to ruin the ending of the story. But ruin it they do. And as it turns out, the boy is quickly approaching a surprise ending of his own! Maybe he should have listened to the animals after all.
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English
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"In a crowded Chicago airport, an incident at TSA impacts twelve young Asian Americans, all strangers to one another before this day. As events cause their journeys to intertwine, they discover the challenges of friendship, the perils of younger siblings, the power or words, and the unexpected significance of a blue Stratocaster electric guitar. Twelve virtuoso authors draw from their own experiences to explore themes of identity and belonging in...
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Publisher
Curbstone Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Fourteen stories by a North Vietnamese woman who fought in the Vietnam War as a sapper. The story, The Distant Stars, is on a trio of women serving as sappers. It is one of several stories chronicling experiences in battle. Others deal with affairs of the heart, family dramas, while The Almighty Dollar is on greed.
Publisher
Curbstone Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Thirty-eight post-Vietnam War stories by American and Vietnamese writers. In Nguyen Quang Lap's The Sound of Harness Bells, a couple reunited at war's end try to have a child and the result is a monster, the wife having been gassed by Agent Orange, while in Tim O'Brien's Speaking of Courage, a decorated veteran reflects, that "courage was not always a matter of yes and no...sometimes you were very brave up to a point and then beyond that point you...