Mei Ling in China City
by Icy Smith and Gayle Garner Roski
In Los Angeles, California's China City in 1942, twelve-year-old Mei Ling Lee helps... read more
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 2,706
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 126947, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction
- Mid-autumn Festival--Fiction
- Manzanar War Relocation Center--Fiction
- California
- Family life
- World War, 1939-1945
- Family life--California--Los Angeles--Fiction
- Manzanar War Relocation Center
- History
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Chinese Americans--Fiction
- Mid-autumn Festival
- United States
- Los Angeles
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Juvenile fiction
- 1850-1950
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- California--History--1850-1950--Fiction
- Chinese Americans
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Awards & Distinctions 1
CALA Annual Best Book Award, 2008-2024
Winner, 2009
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