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The brides of High Hill / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"The cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to the aging ruler of a crumbling estate situated at the crossroads of dead empires. The bride's party is welcomed with elaborate courtesies and extravagant banquets, but between the frightened servants and the cryptic warnings of the lord's mad son, they quickly realize that something is haunting the shadowed halls. As Chih and the bride-to-be explore empty rooms and desolate courtyards, they are drawn into the mystery of what became of Lord Guo's previous wives and the dark history of Doi Cao itself. But as the wedding night draws to its close, Chih will learn at their peril that not all monsters are to be found in the shadows; some hide in plain sight" --
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Brides;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 11
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Mammoths at the gates / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singing Hills Abbey for the first time in almost three years, to be met with both joy and sorrow. Their mentor, Cleric Thien, has died, and rests among the archivists and storytellers of the storied abbey. But not everyone is prepared to leave them to their rest. Because Cleric Thien was once the patriarch of Coh clan of Northern Bell Pass--and now their granddaughters have arrived on the backs of royal mammoths, demanding their grandfather's body for burial. Chih must somehow balance honoring their mentor's chosen life while keeping the sisters from the north from storming the gates and destroying the history the clerics have worked so hard to preserve. But as Chih and their neixin Almost Brilliant navigate the looming crisis, Myriad Virtues, Cleric Thien's own beloved hoopoe companion, grieves her loss as only a being with perfect memory can, and her sorrow may be more powerful than anyone could anticipate. . ."--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Mammoths; Storytelling; Granddaughters;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Into the riverlands / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the region. On the road to Betony Docks, they fall in with a pair of young women far from home, and an older couple who are more than they seem. As Chih runs headlong into an ancient feud, they find themselves far more entangled in the history of the riverlands than they ever expected to be. Accompanied by Almost Brilliant, a talking bird with an indelible memory, Chih confronts old legends and new dangers alike as they learn that every story--beautiful, ugly, kind, or cruel--bears more than one face. The novellas of The Singing Hills Cycle are linked by the cleric Chih, but may be read in any order, with each story serving as an entry point"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Novels.; Voyages and travels; Imaginary places; Martial artists; Storytelling; Talking birds;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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The empress of salt and fortune / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for." --
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Novels.; Empresses; Interpersonal relations; Imaginary places; Exile (Punishment);
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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Don't sleep with the dead / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"Nick Carraway-paper soldier and novelist-has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He's good at watching, and he's even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he's forgotten the events of that summer in 1922. On the eve of the second World War, however, Nick learns that someone's been watching him pretend and that memory goes both ways. When he sees a familiar face one very dark night, it quickly becomes clear that dead or not, damned or not, Jay Gatsby isn't done with him. In all paper there is memory, and Nick's ghost has come home." --Description based on publisher data.
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Authors; Gatsby, Jay (Fictitious character); Dead;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 19
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Don't sleep with the dead [large print] / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720; Based on :Fitzgerald, F. Scott(Francis Scott),1896-1940.Great Gatsby.(CARDINAL)198775;
"Nick Carraway--paper soldier and novelist--has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He's good at watching, and he's even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he's forgotten the events of that summer in 1922. On the eve of the second World War, however, Nick learns that someone's been watching him pretend and that memory goes both ways. When he sees a familiar face one very dark night, it quickly becomes clear that dead or not, damned or not, Jay Gatsby isn't done with him. In all paper there is memory, and Nick's ghost has come home"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novellas.; Large print books.; Gatsby, Jay (Fictitious character); Authors; Dead;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Siren queen / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill-but she doesn't care. She'd rather play a monster than a maid. But in Luli's world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes-even if that means becoming the monster herself. Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page"--
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Science fiction.; Novels.; Chinese Americans; Actresses; Magic; Chinese Americans in motion pictures; Fame;
Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 35
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Siren queen [large print] / by Vo, Nghi,author.(CARDINAL)834720;
"It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill--but she doesn't care. She'd rather play a monster than a maid. But in Luli's world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes--even if that means becoming the monster herself. Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page"--
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Science fiction.; Novels.; Large print books.; Chinese Americans; Actresses; Magic; Fame;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Makers / by Vo, Young,author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)886812;
Two boys who are friends dream of sailing across the sea. They become boat makers but have different ways of thinking and creating. Their differences grow bigger, but neither one is successful with their creations. When they reunite years later, will they form the perfect team?
Subjects: Picture books.; Fiction.; Creative thinking; Perfectionism (Personality trait); Friendship; Boatbuilding; Friendships.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Gibberish / by Vo, Young,author,illustrator.;
When Dat starts school in a country where he does not speak the language, everything around him sound like gibberish until a new friend helps him make sense of his new world.Grades K-1.Ages 4-8.AD480LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Picture books.; First day of school; Friendship; Language and languages; Moving, Household; Schools; Friendships.;
Available copies: 42 / Total copies: 50
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