While passing through the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, a Chinese American teenager is transported to a parallel world where she is given a dangerous assignment.
Presents a brief biography of Maya Lin, the daughter of Chinese immigrant parents, who was responsible for creating the design for the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In San Francisco from 1903 to 1908, teenager Jessie Wainwright determines to reach her goal of becoming a doctor while also trying to care for the illegitimate child of a liaison between her father and their Chinese maid.
Relates in free verse the experiences of sixteen-year-old Emily, a gifted artist and the daughter of immigrants to the United States, as she tries to reconcile her American self with her Chinese heritage.
When her extreme shyness makes her unable to speak at her new American school, twelve-year-old Jinna, newly arrived from China, retreats into her own fairy-tale world.
Presents the life of the young architect-sculptor who designed the controversial memorial honoring United States soldiers who served in the Vietnam War.
Discusses the diverse ethnicity of Chinese Americans, their immigration, social, cultural and political customs, employment, experiences with discrimination, and integration into American society.
