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Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Living in California in 1916, Margaret Singh thinks nothing of the war in Europe or the cause of Indian independence until the United States enters the war, her father is arrested, and her own allegiances are called into question. Includes author's note.
2) When the earth dragon trembled: a story of Chinatown during the San Francisco earthquake and fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Han Liu rejects his father's attempts to teach him traditional Chinese values, but when an earthquake and fire strike Chinatown, separating Han from his father, a book of family proverbs is all Han has left to guide him. Includes author's note.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Even though Ida B. Wells urges Black Americans to boycott the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, young Lorraine Williams will do anything for a chance to see her idol, the Black opera singer Sissieretta Jones, perform at the fair"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1951 Alba, New Mexico, when her father forbids her from pursuing her dream of performing Mexican ballads as a "corridisto" and participating on the picket line because she is a girl, twelve-year-old Ana Maria finds a way to help during the long strike for better working and living conditions for the miners at Empire Zinc.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a stiff-necked teacher with staunch views against the Chinese moves to Emma Fong's mining town of La Porte, California, she'll have to rely on her wits and the strength of her people to survive his anti-Asian prejudice and stake her claim as an American in the Wild West"--
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