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Lunar New Year
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Staff Picks March 2021
Lunar New Year
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Staff Picks March 2021
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From the author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, the iconic, New York Times-bestselling debut novel that introduced an important Chinese-American voice with an inspiring story of an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures.
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop...
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop...
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All Hallow's Read - Adult
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage 2023
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reading List - 2023
OBD Halfway to Halloween - Adult
Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage 2023
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reading List - 2023
OBD Halfway to Halloween - Adult
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"In this sly, surprising, and razor-sharp debut novel, a virtuoso pianist gives up her future as a musician to work at a high-end wellness store in New York City where the pursuit of beauty comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator is the youngest student at the Conservatory. She produces a sound from the piano no one else does, employing a special technique she learned from her parents-also stunningly talented musicians-who fled China in the wake...
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