Books on World Cultures - Chinese/Chinese American

Grades 6-8

The Emperor's New Clothes: A Tale Set in China by Demi










Confucius: The Golden Rule by Russell Freedman










Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz









Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty by Minfong Ho








Maya Lin by Bettina Ling









In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord










Yeh Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie







Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah








The Kite Rider: A Novel by Geraldine McCaughrean











Ties That Bind, Ties That Break: A Novel by Lensey Namioka









Good Luck Gold and Other Poems by Janet Wong








A Suitcase of Seaweed by Janet Wong








Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee











Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World by Paul Yee

American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices by Laurence Yep











Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep











Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep











Dragonwings by Laurence Yep











Lady of Chi'ao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 by Laurence Yep

The Lost Garden by Laurence Yep











The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep











Coolies by Yin







Grades 9-12

The Examination by Malcolm Bosse








The Good Earth by Pearl Synderstricker Buck











Sounds of the River: A Memoir by Da Chen







Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie Dai











Bitter Melon: Stories from the Last Rural Chinese Town in America by Jeff Gillenkirk and James Motlow

Who's Irish? by Gish Jen









Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang











Ocean of Words by Ha Jin









The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston










China Boy by Gus Lee











Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah








Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah








Ties That Bind, Ties That Break : A Novel by Lensey Namioka









Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China by Emily Prager










China Trade by S. J. Rozan









Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan











The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan











Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama








A Little Too Much Is Enough by Kathleen Tyau








Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories by Robert van Gulik











The Red Pavilion: A Judge Dee Mystery by Robert van Gulik











Monkey: A Journey to the West by Cheng En Wu