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Julia Song Is Undateable [electronic resource] : by Lee, Susan.aut; CloudLibrary;
“Spectacular! Full of Susan Lee’s trademark humor and vulnerability, but with swoonworthy spice!" —Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance “Introspective, funny, relatable, sexy—it’s an absolutely perfect romance.” —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners CEO seeks dating coach Julia Song, CEO of Starlight Cosmetics, is at the height of her career. Then why does she feel like such a failure? Maybe because she’s thirty and single, with a terrible track record at dating. And in the eyes of her Korean family, that is just unacceptable. It never really bothered her—that is until her beloved grandmother drops the bomb that she is sick and her dying wish is for Julia to get married. Impossible. So in a moment of weakness, Julia asks her family for help. Set her up on three dates to help her find The One. But it will never work—Julia is undateable. If only there was a coach for that… Tae Kim knows about the weight of familial expectation. He’s currently unemployed, living in his parents’ basement to care for his ill father. Sure, he’s become somewhat of a fix-it man for the Korean community around town, but that’s not a real job. And the pressure to get his life together is getting to be too much. So when the Julia Song—his childhood crush—asks for his help, it may be just the distraction he needs. He’ll do whatever it takes, even coach her for these three dates. Problem is, the more time they spend together and the closer they get, the more Tae wonders if anyone is good enough for Julia…including him.  General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary; Romantic Comedy; Asian American; Family Life;
© 2025., Harlequin,
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Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies. by Wong, Lindsay.;
Horror collides with dark comedy when a young woman signs her life away in the ancient Chinese tradition of corpse marriage to pay a lifelong debt in this subversive novel about class disparity, ambition, and the burden of being an impoverished model minority. Lindsay Wong lives in in Burnaby, BC. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Asian American; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Horror;
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Water mirror echo : Bruce Lee and the making of Asian America / by Chang, Jeff,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."More than a half-century after his passing, Bruce Lee is as towering a figure to people around the world as ever. On his path to becoming a global icon, he popularized martial arts in the West, became a bridge to people and cultures from the East, and just as he was set to conquer Hollywood once and for all, he died of cerebral edema at age thirty-two. It's no wonder that Bruce Lee's legend has only bloomed in the decades since. Yet, in so many ways, his legend has eclipsed the man. Forgotten is the stark reality of the baby boy born in segregated San Francisco, who spent his youth in war-ravaged, fight-crazy Hong Kong. Forgotten is the curious teenager who found his way back to America, where he embraced West Coast counterculture and meshed it with the Asian worldviews and philosophies that reared him. Forgotten is the man whose very presence broke barriers and helped shape the idea of what being an Asian in America is, at the very dawn of Asian America. Water Mirror Echo -- a title inspired by Bruce Lee's own way of moving, being and responding to the world -- is a page-turning and powerful reminder. At the helm is Jeff Chang, the award-winning author of Can't Stop Won't Stop, whose writing on culture, politics, the arts and music have made him one of the most acclaimed and distinctive voices of our time. In his hands, Bruce Lee's story brims with authenticity. Now, based on in-depth interviews with Lee's closest intimates, thousands of newly available personal documents, and featuring dozens of unseen photographs from the family's archive, Chang does the nearly impossible. He reveals the man behind the enduring iconography and stirringly shows Lee's growing fame ushering in something that's turned out to be even more enduring: the creation of Asian America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973.; Asian American actors; Asian Americans; Martial artists;
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You are here : connecting flights / by Oh, Ellen.;
Paul: Something to declare / by Christina Soontornvat -- Jae: Ground rules / by Linda Sue Park -- Mindy: Standing up / by Meredith Ireland -- Lee: Jam session / by Mike Chen -- Ari: Guidelines / by Susan Tan -- AJ: A kind of noble / by Randy Ribay -- Natalie: Costumes / by Traci Chee -- Henry: Grounded / Mike Jung -- Camilla: Big day suitcase / by Erin Entrada Kelly -- Jane: Questions and answers / by Grace Lin -- Khoi: Lost in translation / by Minh Lê -- Soojin: You are here / by Ellen Oh -- A note from the editor / by Ellen Oh."Twelve young Asians Americans cross paths, meeting challenges and victories, in a busy airport"--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Short stories.; Linked stories.; Short stories, American.; Airports; Asian Americans;
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The Takedown [electronic resource] : by Chu, Lily.aut; cloudLibrary;
DEE KWAN'S FIVE EASY STEPS TO WIN THE DAY AND GET THE GUY: STEP ONE: Meet Mr. Perfect. Flirt. Daydream. Hope. STEP TWO: Discover he's secretly the son of your uber-problematic new fashion industry boss. STEP THREE: Realize your uber-problematic new boss is seriously, actually a problem. STEP FOUR: Team up with Mr. Perfect in a dizzying corporate coup like something out of a glamorous Old Hollywood movie. (Costume changes! Impulsive Parisian jaunts! Mr. Perfect being, well, perfect!) STEP FIVE: Win at everything and take over the whole dang world. "Hilarious and relatable." —TALIA HIBBERT, USA Today bestselling author for The Stand-In For Dee Kwan, every day is the perfect day. No, really. She has a house she loves, a job she adores, and a ridiculously attractive "nemesis" who never seems to mind when she wins their favorite online game. How can life possibly get better? (It can't, obviously. It can only get much, much worse.) Soon Dee is forced to share her adorably cozy home with her parents and prickly estranged grandmother. Then she's tossed into the deep end, tasked with cleaning up a scandal for intimidatingly chic luxury fashion firm Celeste. If that weren't enough, she discovers her hot-nemesis works there, too…and Teddy is nothing like the man she thought she knew. Before she can cry foul, Teddy comes clean about his double life: he's the heir to the CEO and he needs her help to make Celeste a better place—for everyone. But that means taking down the old guard—including his father—intent on standing in their way. Now in the center of a dizzying corporate coup, Dee is forced to decide whether she's ready to stop watching the world through rose-colored glasses and instead face the truth: about herself, about her feelings for Teddy, and about what she's willing to do to truly make a difference. MORE BOOKS BY LILY CHU: The Stand-In The Comeback
Subjects: Electronic books.; Romantic Comedy; Asian American; Family Life; Contemporary Women;
© 2024., Sourcebooks,
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Every Little Bit Olive Tran [electronic resource] : by Truong, Phuong.aut; CloudLibrary;
Olive Tran is turning ten! Now she can walk to school by herself and go to Kandy Korner whenever she wants. Finally! But when Olive finds out Mrs. Ly was pushed on the street and her brother’s school friends had gross things thrown at them because they’re Asian, she starts to feel less safe. And why doesn’t her best friend Josh want to come to her birthday party at the trampoline park anymore?  Olive knows something is wrong, but she is determined to have fun at her party. If she shows kindness, maybe others will too. Every little bit counts!Children/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Asian American; Prejudice & Racism; Chapter Books;
© 2025., Second Story Press,
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The Big Splash [electronic resource] : by Ahn, Angela.aut; Kim, Julie.ill; CloudLibrary;
Julia and her swim team struggle with a new strict coach, but she is determined to make a big splash regardless in this buoyant illustrated chapter book for ages 7 and up. For fans of Mindy Kim and Jasmine Toguchi. Julia is dismayed to learn that Coach Marissa has to leave the Vipers swim team for an urgent family matter. Coach Nathan, their new temporary coach, is strict and humorless. He doesn't even let them have Splash Time! And it's not just Julia who's upset — two of her teammates have even quit the team. So it's no surprise that the team is not enthusiastic when Coach Nathan asks them to put together a car wash fundraiser for the team. But then they learn that there's going to be a big increase in pool rental fees, which means the Vipers may lose practice days, or worse, not be able to swim at all. Julia takes the lead and gets the Vipers organized. Along the way, she learns more about her nemesis, teammate Olivia, and even Coach Nathan. Maybe first impressions aren't always the most accurate.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Humorous Stories; Asian American; Water Sports;
© 2025., Tundra,
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City Boy [graphic novel] / by Pak, Greg,author.; Abbott, Wes,letterer.; Cheng, Sebastian,colorist.; Choi, Mike,illustrator.; Gho, Sunny,colorist,illustrator.; Jung, Minkyu,illustrator.;
"Meet a new Korean hero named ... City Boy! Or at least, that's the best translation of what the cities call him. City Boy, a.k.a. Cameron Kim, is just trying to make a living by using his powers of being able to speak to cities to find lost and hidden goods to pawn, and it's only just enough to get by. And those abilities mean he hears everything everywhere all the time, including each city's histories and the truths behind them. (It's very loud in his head and something he has to live with.) As his powers get stronger, the cities start forming animal avatars from scraps in order to physically travel alongside him on his adventures. Of course, Gotham is a rat avatar made of city scraps, but what about Metropolis, Blüdhaven, Amnesty Bay, or even Themyscira? And not all cities are so kind."--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Asian American superheroes; Korean Americans; Superheroes, Asian; Superheroes;
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Lost & Found Based on a True Story [electronic resource] : by Yu, Mei.aut; cloudLibrary;
"This bright and bubbly early reader graphic novel, based on debut creator Yu’s own immigration story, validates the sometimes overwhelming nature of learning an unfamiliar language as a child in a new country." —Publishers Weekly   Being the new kid in school is scary enough. But imagine what it would be like if you were the new kid in a new school, in a new country. That’s exactly the situation Mei Yu finds herself in when her family moves from China to Canada. As she navigates her new school, she discovers a unique way to learn English and makes a new friend along the way in this heartwarming story based on the author's own experiences.  Children/juvenile.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Biography; Asian American; Cultural Heritage;
© 2024., Union Square Kids,
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Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant : a memoir / by Chin, Curtis,author.;
"Chin's memoir explores the experiences of Asian Americans and the LGBTQ+ community -- along with some wonderful descriptions of food-in a hopeful, brash, and inquisitive exploration of identity and coming of age"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Chin, Curtis.; Asian Americans; Gay men; Authors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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