Dragonfly eyes by Cao, Wenxuan 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 933929 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 860

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Interracial marriage - Fiction Communism - Fiction Shanghai (China) - Fiction

Summary: Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Politics and war make 1960s Shanghai a hard place to grow up, especially when racism and bigotry are rife, and everyone seems suspicious of Nainai's European heritage and interracial marriage. In this time of political upheaval, Ah-Mei and her family suffer much and when the family silk business is seized by the government, will the tender connection they share bring them enough strength to carry through?

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.