Search Results: Returned 17 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 17
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c2016., Juvenile, Rosen Pub. Group Call No: 973 .04951 Click here to access this interactive ebook Summary Note: "Immigration from China to the United States coincided with the California gold rush. Attracted by the riches 'Gold Mountain' had to offer, Chinese immigrants in search of a better life left China in droves in the mid-to-late 19th century. Readers will learn what hardships and successes Chinese immigrants faced when they arrived in the United States through a detailed examination of the push/pull factors that caused thousands of Chinese to leave their home. Important topics such as the growth of the railroad and anti-immigration policies help readers understand the big-picture perspective of Chinese immigration in America. Historical photographs and primary sources provide opportunities for additional learning"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2015]., Wendy Lamb Books Call No: Historical Fiction FIC CHO Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: San Francisco, 1900. The Gilded Age. A fantastic time to be alive for lots of people... but not thirteen-year-old Lizzie Kennedy, stuck at Miss Barstow's snobby school for girls. Lizzie's secret passion is science, an unsuitable subject for finishing-school girls. Lizzie lives to go on house calls with her physician father. On those visits to his patients, she discovers a hidden dark side of the city -- a side that's full of secrets, rats, and rumors of the plague. The newspapers, her powerful uncle, and her beloved papa all deny that the plague has reached San Francisco. So why is the heart of the city under quarantine? Why are angry mobs trying to burn Chinatown to the ground? Why is Noah, the Chinese cook's son, suddenly making Lizzie question everything she has known to be true? Ignoring the rules of race and class, Lizzie and Noah must put the pieces together in a heart-stopping race to save the people they love.
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[2005]., Juvenile, Facts on File Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF TEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Immigration to the United States.Summary Note: Presents an overview of Chinese immigration to the United States, looking at the reasons for different waves of immigration, and discussing the experiences of the Chinese in their new country. Includes sidebars that highlight notable people and events, photographs, and illustrations.
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c2005, Pre-adolescent, Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 973.04 951 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In AmericaSummary Note: Examines the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, discussing why they came, what they did when they got here, where they settled, and customs they brought with them.
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By Kite, Lorienc2000., Crabtree Publishing Co. Call No: 325.2 KIT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We came to North AmericaSummary Note: Includes index. Examines the history, traditions, and contributions of Chinese immigrants who have come to live and work in the United States and Canada.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: Historical Fic Lee Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan's day job is doing maid work for the spoiled daughter of one of Atlanta's wealthiest men; by night, Jo writes as Miss Sweetie for a news paper advice column. When Jo's "Dear Miss Sweetie" articles become popular, she begins to use her pen-power to address society's ills, particularly challenging ideas about gender and race, drawing a backlash and attempts to uncover her real identity. Then, Atlanta's most notorious criminal gets on Jo's trail, and she will have to decide on standing up for her beliefs or remaining in the shadows of anonymity.
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c2008., Pre-adolescent, HarperCollins Call No: Sports Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cal and Barney, Chinese Americans, are trapped in a world of racial prejudice in 1939 with no jobs and no future until the Dragons, a barnstorming basketball team, invites them to join the team.
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c2008, Pre-adolescent, HarperCollins Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Golden mountain chronicles Volume: 1939Summary Note: In 1939, unable to find regular jobs because of the Great Depression, long-time friends Cal Chin and Barney Young tour the country as members of a Chinese American basketball team.
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c1993, Juvenile, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a 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.
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1995, c1993., HarperCollins Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: 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."
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[2024]., Pre-adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: 973 .04951073 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Race to the truth.Summary Note: "The story of American from the Chinese American perspective"--Provided by publisher.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Carolrhoda LAB Call No: HISTORICAL F YEE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.
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2004., PowerKids Press Call No: 979.4 THO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Primary sources of immigration and migration in AmericaSummary Note: Presents a children's book on the history of Chinese immigrants in America and includes information on mining camps, Chinese businesses, discrimination and anti-immigration laws, as well as the Chinese influence on the development of.
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2006., Peachtree Call No: 921 WONG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The year is 1933, and seven-year-old Li Keng Gee's life is about to change forever. Her father has decided to bring his family from a small village in southern China to "Gold Mountain," the United States. California. Now Li Keng, her mama, and her two sisters will embark on a remarkable journey that will take them halfway around the world. Getting to America is not easy. The family travels by foot, by train, and by boat. Even more difficult is getting past America's strict anti-Chinese immigration laws. To do so, the family must keep secrets and offer well-rehearsed lies to American officials. The.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Rosen Pub.'s, Rosen Central Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF LU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Coming to America: the history of immigration to the United States.Summary Note: Explores why some Chinese immigrated to America.
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2017., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC ROSENBERG Edition: First edition, July 2017. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon; his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything; his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other; he is beginning to notice girls; and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
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By Perl, Lila2003., Benchmark Books Call No: 973.81 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great journeysSummary Note: Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.
