chinatown (san francisco, calif.)

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Red means good fortune

a story of San Francisco Chinatown
1994
Twelve-year-old Jin Mun, working for his father's laundry in San Francisco Chinatown, is shocked to discover that one of his neighbors is a slave girl, forbidden to leave her house.

Thief of hearts

1995
When Stacy is paired with a Chinese girl at school who is accused of theft, she must come to terms with her own Chinese and American heritage.

The magic paintbrush

2003
A magic paintbrush transports Steve and his elderly caretakers from their drab apartment in Chinatown to a world of adventures.

Buster changes his luck

2006
Buster meets new friends in San Francisco's Chinatown who teach him about the Chinese New Year and good luck symbols in Chinese culture.

Dragon parade

a Chinese New Year story
1993
Story of how Chinese and Chinese Americans begin the New Year with a celebration and new start.

The case of the Goblin Pearls

1997
Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, join forces to solve the theft of some priceless pearls and stop the operator of a sweatshop in San Francisco's Chinatown.

The star maker

2011
With the help of his popular Uncle Chester, a young Chinese American boy tries hard to fulfill a promise to have firecrackers for everyone on the Chinese New Year in 1954. Includes an afterword with information about the Chinese customs portrayed in the story.

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