Paul Yee

• Sep-1996
• / General Fiction
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Left behind in China by her father, who has gone to North America to find work, Choon-yi has made her living by selling her paintings in the market. When her father writes one day and asks her to join him, she joyously sets off, only to discover that...

• Sep-1998
• / Fantasy
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Isolated in his house in his new country after his family emigrates from China to America, seven-year-old Kai-ming Wong discovers a blond-haired ghost of a boy in his attic who fulfills his need for friendship....

• Aug-2000
• / General Fiction
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In 1932, at the height of the Depression, eighteen-year-old Kwok-ken Wong, the only Chinese boy at his Vancouver school, finds himself alienated by the racism that confronts him, until he joins the Chinese community's soccer team and develops a new s...

• Nov-2001
• / Horror
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These ten original ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America -- from the poor village men who first came searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in the wake of the Cultur...

• Jan-2002
• / General Fiction
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• Jan-2003
• / General Fiction
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• Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book AwardMaylin cooks delicious meals every day in her father’s restaurant, but it’s her lazy brothers who take all the credit. One day a contest is held to honor the visiting Governor of South China a...

• Apr-2004
• / General Fiction
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In the Chinese opera, men traditionally sing both male and female parts. Wei Lim's father, Ba, however, usually plays masculine characters and sings in a deep bass voice. But Wei's grandfather played female roles, and has secretly taught Wei to sing ...

• Aug-2004
• / Horror
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These ten original ghost stories dramatize the tumultuous history of 140 years of Chinese immigration to North America - from the poor village men who first cam searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in ...

• Jan-2006
• / General Fiction
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Told by an author who has made a career out of exploring the world and experience of "overseas Chinese," Bamboo is a sensitive, revealing work. Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a...

• Sep-2006
• / General Fiction
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What Happened This Summer takes us into the turbulent lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers. We are drawn into their often agonizing struggles to balance their parents' traditional expectations against the pull of today's urban youth cuture. Au...

• Apr-2008
• / General Fiction
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This contemporary story of the true friendship between two girls is set in Vancouver’s Commercial Drive neighborhood. Shu-Li’s parents run a local Chinese deli and much of the story revolves around food. There is a helpful compendium of recipes a...

• Oct-2008
• / General Fiction
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Jason is an outsider. A recent immigrant from China, he lives in a close-minded town with his mother and younger brother. Falling in with the wrong crowd, trying to fit in, Jason takes chances and ends up in trouble with the police. Holding on to his...

• Oct-2009
• / General Fiction
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Shu-Li and Diego tells the story of how these two classmates meet the challenge of taking care of Baxter, a neighbor's dog. The two friends face disaster when Baxter runs away and they have to break the news to its owner.

Paul Yee is a recipi...

• Sep-2010
• / Historical
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The incredible sacrifices made by Chinese workers building the transcontinental railway are revealed in this powerful novel.

Heen's father and grandfather have brought their family in China to the brink of ruin with their gambling habits. T...

• Oct-2011
• / General Fiction
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Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, the IODE Violet Downey Book Award and the IODE National Chapter AwardDrawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the railway and the settling of the w...

• Jan-2012
• / General Fiction
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The incredible sacrifices made by Chinese workers building the transcontinental railway are revealed in this powerful novel.Heen's father and grandfather have brought their family in China to the brink of ruin with their gambling habits. To solve the...

• Mar-2012
• / Horror
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In this novel set in San Francisco`s Chinatown before and after 1906, young Jackson Leong has to not only cope with the ghost of his brother who died in the earthquake, but also the mysterious ghost of a young woman who is haunting the family nickelo...

• Sep-2012
• / Historical
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Fourteen-year-old Bing-wing Chan must conquer his fear of ghosts as his fatherÂ''s gambling debts force him to dig for human bones in a graveyard and then to work as a houseboy in a haunted house. Set in Vancouver's Chinatown, The Bone Collector's So...

• Apr-2013
• / General Fiction
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An American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor BookRay Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of gaming. He needs ...

• Nov-2015
• / Historical
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For more than thirty years, Paul Yee has written about his Chinese-Canadian heritage in award-winning books for young readers as well as adult non-fiction. Here, in his first work of fiction for adults, he takes us on a harrowing journey into a miles...

• Jun-2017
• / Fantasy
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In this prequel to the popular Shu-Li chapter books Shu-Li and Tamara and Shu-Li and Diego, celebrated author Paul Yee brings young readers further adventures of Shu-Li, just as she moves into her new home on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Co...

• Jun-2024
• / General Fiction
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Facing a tyrannical emperor bent on war, three sisters in China, sublimely gifted in music, fend for themselves and their parents with the power and magic they create with their instruments. Can the beauty of their music change the emperor’s he...