The Asian Interests (books in Asian country setting or by Asian American Authors)

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This list is selected mainly from the Newbery Medal or Honors books which were written in Asian country setting or by Asian American authors. Some other classic titles such as the "Arabian Nights" was also included. The GATE population becomes increasingly diversified. You can find many Chinese, Indian, Korean students in the GATE. For those students who have Asian heritage or whoever just interested in Asian culture, this is a good place to start.


 

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
(Korean)


 
 

Dragon's Gate (Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1867)
by Laurence Yep (Chinese)


 
 

Dragonwings : Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1903
by Laurence Yep (Chinese)


 
 

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
(Chinese)


 
 

Homesick : My Own Story (Novel)
(Chinese)


 
 

The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan (Chinese)


 

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
by Amy Tan (Chinese)


 
 

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
(Middle east)


 
 

House of Sixty Fathers
by Meindert De Jong (Chinese)

Gandhi Fighter Without a Sword
by Jeanette Eaton (Indian)


 

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
(Middle east)


 
 

Daughter of the Mountains
By Louise Rankin (Tibet)


 
 

Li Lun, Lad of Courage (The Newbery Honor Roll)
by Carolyn Treffinger (Chinese)


 
 

Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
(South Pacific)

Pageant of Chinese History
by E. Seeger (Chinese)

The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
(Japness)


 
 

Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
(Chinese)

The Arabian Nights, Or, Thousand Nights and One Night
by Brian Alderson (Middle East)

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo
(Chinese and Middle East)

Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom
by Katherine Paterson (Chinese)

The Master Puppeteer
by Katherine Paterson (Japness)

Of Nightingales That Weep
by Katherine Paterson (Japness)

The Samurai's Tale
by Erik Christian Haugaard (Japness)
 

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