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News about Lensey's Books
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Mismatch Wins International Reading Award
Mismatch has been named to the 2008 International Reading Association Young Adults’ Choices lists. Since 1987, the list has been a trusted source of book recommendations, used by young adults, their parents, teachers, and librarians. The books are selected by the readers themselves, so they are bound to be popular with middle and secondary school students.
Mismatch tells the story of two young people who are both very similar and very different. Sue Hua is fifteen, and just moved from multiracial Seattle to a white-bread suburb, where she feels like the only Asian for miles. Then she meets Andy, a handsome Asian-American violinist. Sue and Andy hit it off, and their friends think they're made for each other.
There's only one problem. Sue's family is Chinese-American, and Andy's is Japanese-American. The difference doesn't mean anything to their friends, but to Sue's and Andy's parents it means everything. How much loyalty do Sue and Andy owe to their families, and how much to their own hearts?
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Global Reading Challenge to Feature Half and Half
Half and Half, the story of a girl with strong connections to both her Scottish and Chinese ancestry, is one of ten books featured in the Seattle Public Library's Global Reading Challenge. The Global Reading Challenge "...encourages children to have fun and enjoy the sport of reading."
Half and Half is the story of Fiona Cheng. Fiona's father is Chinese and her mother is Scottish. Fiona looks more like her father, so people expect her to be more interested
in her Chinese half.
Lately, even Fiona’s confused about who she is.
When her grandparents on both sides come to town, the situation gets even worse.
Fiona wants to dance with her Scottish grandfather’s folk dancing troupe.
But whoever saw a Chinese girl dancing the Highland Reel?
Fiona thinks of ways to make herself look more Scottish.
But she doesn’t want her family to think she’s trying to hide her Chinese half.
Everyone seems to expect different things from Fiona.
So maybe doing something totally unexpected is the only answer.
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Yang Family Book Translated into Chinese
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear, the first book in the Yang family series, has been translated into Chinese. The book is bilingual, with English on one side of the page and Chinese on the other. It is intended to be used in a (Chinese) classroom for students of English, and it comes with a CD of a man reading the English version.
Yang the Youngest is one of many of Lensey's books that have been translated from English to a different language. Various of Lensey's books have been translated into Catalan, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, and Turkish. The popular Ties That Bind, Ties That Break, has been translated into the most languages of any of Lenesy's books: German, Danish, Norwegian Spanish and Turkish.
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Romantic Book Published on Valentine's Day
Mismatch, the romantic story of Sue and Andy, was published on St. Valentine's Day, 2006.
Sue Hua is fifteen, and just moved from multiracial Seattle to a white-bread suburb, where she feels like the only Asian for miles. Then she meets Andy, a handsome Asian-American violinist. Sue and Andy hit it off, and their friends think they're made for each other.
There's only one problem. Sue's family is Chinese-American, and Andy's is Japanese-American. The difference doesn't mean anything to their friends, but to Sue's and Andy's parents it means everything. How much loyalty do Sue and Andy owe to their families, and how much to their own hearts?
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Book Wins Another Award!
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
has won The 2004 California Young Reader Medal for High-school age readers. This book has now won three major awards:
California Young Reader Medal
Washington State Governor's Writers Award
American Library Association Best Books list
This book tells the story of Ailin, a young girl growing up in China, in 1922. As the Chinese empire crumbles, Ailin must make a choice that will affect the rest of her life.
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Zenta and Matsuzo Back in Business: Samurai Books Will be reprinted!
If you like adventure stories, check out the Zenta and Matsuzo Samurai Series. These are samurai stories from 16th century Japan. Two samurai, Zenta and Matsuzo, are unemployed and looking for work. In those days, being an unemployed samurai meant you got into lots of fights and had to defend your honor. Lots of swashbuckling adventure!
The series has been out of print. But happily, Tuttle Publishing will be reprinting six Zenta and Matsuzo books! The first two books, The Samurai and the Long-Nosed Devils and White Serpent Castle are available now, and the rest of the series can be ordered. Click here for more information. |
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New Book!
Half and Half
Fiona Cheng is half and half: her father is Chinese and her mother is Scottish.
Fiona looks more like her father, so people expect her to be more interested
in her Chinese half.
Lately, even Fiona’s confused about who she is.
When her grandparents on both sides come to town, the situation gets even worse.
Fiona wants to dance with her Scottish grandfather’s folk dancing troupe.
But whoever saw a Chinese girl dancing the Highland Reel?
Fiona thinks of ways to make herself look more Scottish.
But she doesn’t want her family to think she’s trying to hide her Chinese half.
Everyone seems to expect different things from Fiona.
So maybe doing something totally unexpected is the only answer.
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An Ocean Apart, a World Away
tells the story of Yanyan. In 1921
she leaves China for America to go to school.
In America, Yanyan finds everything unfamiliar and challenging: the way people talk,
the food, and even the money. As if that wasn't enough Baoshu, her sweetheart from China,
shows up and starts talking marriage!
The main character of this book is a minor character in my earlier book
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break. If you
liked that book, you'll enjoy this story of romance and adventure.
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