Celeste Ng
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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10 to Try - FOMO
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Celebrate AAPI Month - ADULTS
Reese's Book Club
Description
From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, the intertwined stories of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the mother and daughter who upend their lives "I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting. With brilliance and beauty, Celeste Ng dissects a microcosm of American society just when we need to see it beneath the microscope ..."--Jodi Picoult, New York Times -bestselling author of Small Great Things and...
Author
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Lydia is dead. But they don't know this yet. So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother's bright blue eyes and her father's jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue-in Marilyn's case that her daughter become...
Author
Language
English
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10 to Try - Dystopian
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
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Description
"Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve "American culture" in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more • A Reese's Book Club Pick • New York Times Paperback Row Selection
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere,...
From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere,...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
x, 258 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged--written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.