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鈥淭his novel of a young Samoan-American鈥檚 search for authenticity is 鈥榓 rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi-cultural sin and shame鈥 (Sherman Alexie). The鈥
鈥淯ses a framework of ten common phrases in the Chinese vernacular to offer insight into China鈥檚 modern economic gaps, cultural transformations, and ubiquitous practices of鈥
鈥淓xplores the early contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and the first European settlers. A young Noongar man named Bobby Wabalanginy who is clever, resourceful and eager鈥
鈥淔irst generation Japanese-American Sato chronicles the tribulations her family endured in America through the Great Depression and WWII. Emigrating from Japan in 1911, Sato鈥檚鈥
鈥淜ira-kira (kee鈥 ra kee鈥 ra): glittering, shining, glittering. That鈥檚 how Katie Takeshima鈥檚 sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but鈥
鈥淭here is conflict in the whanau. The young man, Te Rua, holds a 鈥榮ecret for life, the one to die with.鈥 But he realizes that if he is to acknowledge and claim his daughter the鈥
鈥淭his haunting novel explores the complete degradation and isolation of a man by war. The book is set on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II, where the鈥
鈥淚n Waiting, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author Ha Jin draws on his intimate knowledge of contemporary China to create a novel of unexpected richness and feeling. This is the鈥