Gwendoline Yeo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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The stories of four Chinese women and their American-born daughters are unraveled through a series of vignettes that reveal the lives of the four older women and the tragedies they endured before coming to America. The memories of the past are then linked to the present day to illuminate the sometimes difficult relationships between the mothers and daughters
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Skinny Bitch created a movement when it exposed the horrors of the food industry, while inspiring people across the world to stop eating "crap." Now the "Bitches" are back — this time with a book geared to pregnant women. And just because their audience is in a "delicate condition" doesn't mean they'll deliver a gentle message. As they did with Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin expose the truth about the food we eat —...
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When two drifters hear rumors of a Chinese railroad worker hiding stolen gold at an isolated ranch, the desperate men put a conspiracy into motion to steal the Chinaman's gold themselves -- before other interested parties close in. Saul, one of the drifters, uses his charm and his horse skills to get hired as a ranch hand, while partner Bill lurks in the shadows waiting. To betray his new Chinese boss Zhen into revealing the treasure's location, Saul...