The youngest child in a talented musical family, Yingtao is afraid that his screeching violin will ruin the family recital, and he dreams of telling his family about something he likes better than music. Reprint. C. PW. H. AB. SLJ. ...

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Knowing she will never run again once her feet are bound, Ailin rebels and refuses to follow this torturous tradition.

As a result, however, the family of her intended husband breaks their marriage agreement. And as she enters adolescence, Ailin finds that her family is no longer willing to support her. Chinese society leaves few options for a single woman of good family, but with a bold conviction and an indomitable spirit, Ailin is determined to forge her own destiny. Her story is a tribute to all those women whose courage created new options for the generations who came after them.
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Trying to become completely American despite her family's equal determination to stick to Chinese customs, Yingmei Yang hopes to befriend popular Holly Hanson by adopting one of Holly's new kittens. Reprint. AB. H. VY. ...

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FIONA CHENG IS half and half: Her father is Chinese and her mother is Scottish. Fiona looks more like her father than her mother, so people always expect her to be more interested in her Chinese half than her Scottish half. Lately even Fiona’s confused about who she really is.

“A realistic, gentle and funny tale.”—Detroit News & Free Press

“Readers will identify with Fiona’s struggle to fit in.”—Publishers Weekly


From the Hardcover 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. Then she meets Andy, a handsome and passionate violin player who happens to be Asian American. Sue feels an instant attraction to Andy, and her white friends think they’re “made for each other”–after all, they both use chopsticks and eat a lot of rice, right? But there’s just one problem. Andy’s last name is Suzuki. And while that may mean nothing to the other students at Lakeview High, Sue knows that it presents a world of problems to her family....

Fiona Cheng is half and half: her father is Chinese and her mother is Scottish. But her features aren’t so neatly divided. Fiona looks more like her father than her mother, so people always expect her to be more interested in her Chinese half than her Scottish half. Lately even Fiona’s confused about who she really is. When her grandparents on both sides of the family come to town for a folk festival, the situation gets even worse. Fiona wants to dance with her Scottish grandfather’s folk dancing troupe. But whoever saw a Chinese girl dancing the Highland Reel? Fiona starts thinking of ways to make herself look more Scottish. But she doesn’t want her family to think she’s trying to hide her Chinese half. Everyone seems to expect different things from her. So maybe doing something totally unexpected is the only answer....

A Chinese-American teenager struggles to reconcile her traditional bringing and her American desire for self-fulfillment. April Chen is happily planning to go away to college, and she has a great new boyfriend, Steve. But April, the only girl in the family, must take care of Grandma, and Grandma--the Dragon Lady--hates Steve and has other plans for April....