Bosse, Malcolm

THE EXAMINATION Fifteen-year-old Hong and his older brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey through 15th-century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong becomes involved with a secret society.

1994

296 p.

Compestine, Ying Chang

REVOLUTION IS NOT A DINNER PARTY Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Chinese Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed "bourgeois," and people of laughter.

2007

243 p.

Holman, Sheri

SONDOK, PRINCESS OF THE MOON AND STARS The Royal Diaries In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a 6th-century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustraion at not being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl. Korea A.D. 595.

2002

159 p.

Mah, Adelina Yen

CHINESE CINDERELLA AND THE SECRET DRAGON SOCIETY Chinese Cinderella is kicked out of her house by her stepmother and she has no idea what her future holds. After she joins the secret Dragon Society, though, she learns about espionage and martial arts allowing her to save lives in WWII.

2005

242 p.

McCaughrean, Geraldine

THE KITE RIDER This adventure novel portrays twelve-year-old Haoyou, who has to fend for himself and protect his mother when his father dies suddenly. His solutions to problems are acrobatic, innovative, and immersed in Chinese and Mongol folklore.

2002

272 p.

Park, Linda Sue

THE KITE FIGHTERS In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup and combines his kite-flying skill with his brother's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.

2000

136 p.

Russell, Ching

CHILD BRIDE An 11-year-old Chinese girl is sent to her grandmother’s village for an arranged marriage, and tries every method she can think of to escape her fate. Southeastern China of the 1940’s.

1999

128 p.

Russell, Ching

WATER GHOST Living in China during the late 1940's, Ying gives all her hard-earned money to the grandmother of a classmate who has drowned.

1995

192 p.

Whelan, Gloria

CHU JU'S HOUSE 1976. In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China. She earns food and shelter by working at several jobs, yet, she wonders if she will ever see her family again.

2005

227 p.

Wilson, Diane

I RODE A HORSE OF MILK WHITE JADE Oyuna tells her granddaughter the story of how love for her horse enabled her to win a race and bring good luck to her family living in Mongolia in 1339.

1998

232 p.

Yep, Laurence

LADY OF CH'IAO KUO WARRIOR OF THE SOUTH The Royal Diaries In 531 A.D., a 15-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese colonists, in times of both peace and war.

2001

278 p.

Yep, Laurence

SPRING PEARL THE LAST FLOWER Girls of Many Lands series Called boyish by her new family for being able to read and write, 12-year-old orphaned Spring Pearl's "odd ways" help save the family during the 1857 Opium War in Canton, China.

2002

197 p.

Banks, Lynne Reid

THE DUNGEON In fourteenth-century Scotland, a rivalry has embittered Lord Bruce MacLennan. MacLennan's anger causes him to order a castle built, after which he travels to China. A decision he makes in China affects MacLennan's life thereafter.

2002

297 p.