Fearless flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Leung, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2021)

BTSB #: 566341 Available

Dewey: 940/BAges: 4-8   
AR: 4.7 LG

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Subjects: Lee, Hazel Ah Ying,|d1912-1944 Chinese Americans - Biography Women air pilots - Biography Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)

Summary: Hazel Ying Lee was not afraid of anything, and the moment she took her first airplane ride, she knew where she belonged. When people scoffed at her dreams of becoming a pilot, Hazel wouldn't take no for an answer. She joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.

Laurence Yep : Newbery award-winning author [Exceptional Asians]by Rajczak Nelson, Kristen 

BTSB Prebound(Enslow, 2017)

BTSB #: 670499 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.5 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Yep, Laurence American authors Chinese Americans - Biography

Summary: A biography of Laurence Yep, writer of two Newbery Honor books.

Maya Lin [She Persisted]by Lin, Grace 

Paperback(Philomel, 2022)

BTSB #: 573927 Available

Dewey: 720.92/BAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 860 F&P: S

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Subjects: Lin, Maya,|d1959- Chinese American architects - Biography Women architects - United States - Biography Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Women - Biography Architects Chinese Americans - Biography

Summary: Maya Lin is known throughout the world as the creator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. But many people objected to her gender, age, race, and more when she was chosen to design the memorial. Still, she persisted, and her design stands out today as one of the most memorable monuments in the country. Readers learn about the amazing life of Maya Lin--and how she persisted.

Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American by Gao, Laura 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 366271 Available

Dewey: 976.4/BAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Immigrants - Biography Chinese Americans - Biography Family life - Comic books, strips, etc Lesbians - Biography

Summary: After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas where her hometown is as foreign as Mars -- at least until 2020, when COVID-19 made Wuhan a household name. In graphic novel format.

Messy roots : a graphic memoir of a Wuhanese American by Gao, Laura 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 366274 Available

Dewey: 976.4/AAges: 14-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Gao, Laura Immigrants - Biography Chinese Americans - Biography Family life - Comic books, strips, etc Lesbians - Biography

Summary: After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas where her hometown is as foreign as Mars -- at least until 2020, when COVID-19 made Wuhan a household name. In graphic novel format.

Queen of physics : how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom [People Who Shaped Our World]by Robeson, Teresa 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 759090 Available

Dewey: 530.092/BAges: 5-9   
AR: 5.4 LG Lexile: 960 F&P: S

Genres:

Subjects: Wu, C. S.|q(Chien-shiung),|d1912-1997 Nuclear physicists - United States - Biography Women physicists - Biography Chinese Americans - Biography

Summary: When Wu Chien Shiung was born in China 100 years ago, girls did not attend school. But her parents named their daughter "Courageous Hero" and encouraged her love of science. This biography follows Wu as she battles sexism at home and racism in the United States of America to become what Newsweek magazine called the "Queen of Physics" for her work on how atoms split.