Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

Katie misses school while she is home with the flu.

A young girl named Katie Woo describes all the things that make her happy such as new crayons, fireworks, and ice cream. Includes a glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and a craft activity.

When heavy rain causes flooding, Katie Woo and her parents spend the night in a shelter.

"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"-- Provided by publisher.

"Young is an American Born Chinese (ABC) growing up in Queens and has been told by his beloved Su Su (uncle) that one has only seven great loves in a lifetime. Young's childhood is marked by an obsessive love of comics, music, and movies. . . as well as a parade of school-yard crushes, tantalizing pen-pal exchanges, and a lasting infatuation with Winona Ryder. But, at the end of 1995, when Young is a sophomore at NYU, he meets Erena-brilliant, charismatic,...

Katie Woo is afraid that nobody likes her when she doesn't get a special valentine like her school friends.

When Jake loses his brand new toy airplane, Katie Woo lies and says that she does not know where it is.

When Katie arrives at her grandparent's home for a sleepover, she becomes very nervous about being in a strange place all night.