Pon, Cindy
Summary: Jason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PONLin, Grace.
Summary: When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LINChung, Eve J.
Summary: "A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CHUChao, Gloria
Summary: "For Gemma's whole life, it has always been her and her mom against the world. As far as she knew, all her grandparents--and thus her ties to Taiwanese culture--were dead. Until one day when a mysterious man shows up at her door with two shocking things: the news that her grandfather has just recently passed, and the first clue to a treasure hunt that Gemma hopes will lead to her inheritance....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: This wasn't Paul's idea. The last thing he's interested in is exploring new countries or experiencing anything that might be described as "cultural enrichment." But like it or not, he's stuck with his brother, Theo, for two weeks in Taiwan, a place that--while fascinating to Theo--holds no interest to Paul at all. While on a short trip to a local electronics store, Paul becomes hopelessly lost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Summary: "Keith Chen, the second son of a traditional Taiwanese family of seven, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family's village, a poor and desolate place. With his parents gone, his sisters...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHEDalton, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DALLin, Ed
Summary: "In Taiwan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for prioritizing family. When 25-year-old Jing-nan's gangster uncle, Big Eye, asks a favor, Jing-nan can't exactly say no, especially because two goons are going to follow him around to make sure he gets it done right. The favor is this: Big Eye's 16-year old daughter, Mei-ling, has a biker boyfriend from the wrong side of the tracks--in Big Eye's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LINLin, Grace.
Summary: When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LINGreanias, Margaret Chiu
Summary: Nervous about visiting her grandmother in Taipei, Taiwan, a young girl soon adjusts to her unfamiliar surroundings and enjoys the adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GREWen, Abigail Hing
Summary: In desperate need of a new image, seventeen-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong attends Chien Tan, the Taipei summer program, but instead enters an extravagant world where there's more awaiting her than she ever could've imagined--like a romantic entanglement with a mysterious suitor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WENPan, Emily X. R.
Summary: After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PANLin, Ed
Summary: "Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family's huge corporation, since high school. Peggy's father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers' deadline will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M LINPan, Emily X. R.
Summary: Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: when her mother committed suicide, she turned into a bird and flew to her native Taiwan. On her journey to find her mother, Leigh must face her family's past and move towards a future of forgiveness and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PANWen, Abigail Hing
Summary: When Ever Wong's parents sent her away for the summer, she's expecting Chien Tan: a strict, educational immersion program in Taiwan. Instead, she finds the infamous "Loveboat." There, Ever is surrounded by prodigies, like Rick Woo, Chinese American wonder boy and longtime bane of her existence; Ever's roommate, the confident and clever Sophia Ha, as glamorous as she is sharp; and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Wen 2020Taylor, Brad
Summary: "Pike Logan must pull two major world powers back from the brink of war in the latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces officer Brad Taylor"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction TaylorWarren, Susan May
Summary: "Into a nest of Vipers ... her sister had vanished, trapped in a human slavery ring. To find her, FSB agent Yanna Andrevka arranged her own kidnapping into Taiwan's sex-trafficking trade. And found herself with no way out. Until Yanna discovered an ally deep undercover : Delta Force captain David Curtiss. He was after the kingpin of the Twin Serpents, the organized crime syndicate that had...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steeple Hill 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARKuo-Li, Chang
Summary: "Twelve days before retirement, Taipei police detective Wu is handed a curious case: a Navy officer has been found dead in his hotel room. While it is immediately apparent to Wu that the officer has been murdered, the military insist it was suicide and want the case closed with no questions asked. Soon, however, more high-ranking Navy officers turn up dead, and Wu realizes he has a full-blown...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC KUOAndrews, Brian
Summary: "For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. New Chinese President Li Jian Jun has devised a secret military operation to take the island. Meanwhile, Lt. Commander Katie Ryan is deployed on the USS Jason Dunham to defend Taiwan and under pressure to find a flaw in the invaders' plan for her father to exploit. For his part, President Jack Ryan may have the power...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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Summary: A soldier who was trained to fight and win, Pike Logan is now pitted against an invisible enemy that he can't actually attack, as he learns of a scheme that could launch a full-on war between China and Taiwan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TAYChang, Vivienne
Summary: Lily is upset when her mother announces the family will be moving back to Taiwan to care for her Ah Ma, but when her mother explains Taiwan is her home, Lily agrees it is her home too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHAWu, Julie
Summary: "In the middle of a terrifying air raid in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Saburo, the least-favored son of a Taiwanese politician, runs through a peach forest for cover. It's there that he stumbles upon Yoshiko, whose descriptions of her loving family are to Saburo like a glimpse of paradise. Meeting her is a moment he will remember forever, and for years he will try to find her again. When he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WULamotte, Lily
Summary: Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Malala Yousafzai is known across the world for having the courage to stand up for what she believes in, even in the face of terrifying adversity. From playing in the Swat Valley in Pakistan to making speeches at the United Nations, Malala's story has become an inspiration for people all over the world who are fighting for justice. Discover what it took for one incredible girl to become the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019