Laurence Yep

Sort by

1) The case of the lion dance

Author

Yep, Laurence

Series

Chinatown volume 2

Pub. Date

1998

Lexile measure

730L

Physical Desc

214 pages ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Read Description

When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, search for the thief throughout San Francisco's Chinatown.

2) The Khan's daughter: a Mongolian folktale

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1997

Lexile measure

900L

Physical Desc

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

In this retelling of a Mongolian folktale, a simple shepherd must pass three tests in order to marry the Khan's beautiful daughter.

3) Dragon's gate

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1993

Physical Desc

273 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light."

4) Hiroshima

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1995

Lexile measure

760L

Physical Desc

56 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.

5) When the circus came to town

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

2002

Lexile measure

590L

Physical Desc

113 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

An Asian cook and a Chinese New Year celebration help a ten-year-old girl at a Montana stage coach station to regain her confidence after smallpox scars her face.

6) The rainbow people

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1989

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

7) Dragonwings

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1975

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

248 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

8) The star fisher

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1991

Physical Desc

viii, 150 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

9) Sweetwater

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

1973

Edition

[1st ed.].

Physical Desc

201 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

10) Staking a claim: the journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese miner

Author

Yep, Laurence

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.