Grandma's roof garden by Wei, Tang 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2024)

BTSB #: 928432 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Grandmothers - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Community life - Fiction Chinese - Fiction China - Fiction

Summary: Granny may be old, but she's certainly not feeble - or idle. She's built a splendid vegetable garden from scratch on the rooftop terrace of her apartment building in Southwest China. She collects thrown-away produce and either feeds it to her chicks and geese or composts it for the garden. She teaches the neighborhood children to care for the garden like she does - with love, devotion, patience, and pride. And come harvest time, Granny gathers her fresh produce and gives them away to friends.

Parachutes by Yang, Kelly 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2021)

BTSB #: 971377 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.4 UG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Chinese - Fiction High school students - Fiction Conduct of life - Fiction Private schools - Fiction School stories Sexual abuse - Fiction California - Fiction Shanghai (China) - Fiction

Summary: They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the US while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she'd be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California. Suddenly she finds herself living in a stranger's house, with no one to tell her what to do for the first time in her life. She soon embraces her newfound freedom, especially when the hottest and most eligible parachute, Jay, asks her out. Dani De La Cruz, Claire's new host sister, couldn't be less thrilled that her mom rented out a room to Claire. An academic and debate-team star, Dani is determined to earn her way into Yale. Dani and Claire find themselves on a collision course, intertwining in deeper and more complicated ways, as they grapple with life-altering experiences.