Lensey Namioka, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-385-73002-0
Picking up where Namioka's Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
left off, this novel opens in 1921 China, where Ailin is about to set sail for America. Ailin's classmate and friend Yanyan, who narrates here, travels to Shanghai to bid her...
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Lensey Namioka, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-385-73038-9
Likable 11-year-old Fiona Cheng narrates Namioka's (Ties That Bind, Ties That Break; Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear) novel about coping with a racially mixed heritage. When Fiona must check off her race on an enrollment form for a class...
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Lensey Namioka, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-22973-5
Picking up where Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
left off, this novel opens in 1921 China where Ailin is about to set sail for America, and Yanyan, who narrates here, dreams of becoming a doctor. Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
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Lensey Namioka, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.5 (160p) ISBN 978-0-440-41599-2
A wealthy girl growing up in early 20th-century Nanjing refuses to have her feet bound, severely limiting her choices in life. In a starred review, PW said, ""With the force and intensity of a memoir, the novel chronicles a heroine who creates her...
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Lensey Namioka, Author Graphia Books $6 (224p) ISBN 978-0-15-200886-4
April Chen, a 16-year-old Chinese American, has a problem: her grandmother. A ``dragon lady'' of the old school, Grandma belongs to an entirely different world, both culturally and generationally, and her ideas about a woman's place clash with April'
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Lensey Namioka, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-32666-7
A gifted interpreter of Chinese and Chinese-American culture, Namioka (Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear) sets this gripping historical novel in early-20th-century Nanjing, as Western influence and political revolution threaten tradition. The...
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Lensey Namioka, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-73183-6
Although Namioka (Ties that Bind, Ties that Break) does not seem as attuned to the nuances of her characters' thoughts and dialogue here as in her previous novels, her exploration of a cultural divide will fascinate readers. Sue Hua and her family...
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Lensey Namioka, Author, Aki Sogabe, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-200092-9
Clean lines, crisp typeface and an attractive balance between white space and illustrations endow this picture book with unusual grace. Based on a folktale Namioka (April and the Dragon Lady) learned from a relative, the story tells of a humble...
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Lensey Namioka, Author, Kees De Kiefte, Illustrator Yearling Books $5.5 (144p) ISBN 978-0-440-41231-1
In the sequel to Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear, Yingmei hopes to win friends by adopting a classmate's kitten, even though she must keep the pet a secret from her traditional Chinese family. Ages 9-12. (Aug.)
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Lensey Namioka, Author, Kees De Kiefte, Illustrator Joy Street Books $15.95 (134p) ISBN 978-0-316-59701-2
Newly transplanted to Seattle from his native China, nine-year-old Yingtao is a tone-deaf thorn among musical roses. His parents--professional musicians both--assume the problem is lack of practice and chide him for playing baseball (he's a natural)
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Lensey Namioka, Author, YongSheng Xuan, Illustrator, Xuan YongSheng, Illustrator Holiday House $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1330-0
Sloth does not a chipper tale make, at least not in this sluggishly paced story. As a baby, Xiaolong doesn't cry or kick much, ""because it was too much work."" In boyhood, washing his face proves so taxing that he cleans the left side one day and...
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