Download or read book Miss Fortune Cookie written by Lauren Bjorkman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erin, a non-Chinese teenager living in San Francisco's Chinatown, ghostwrites an online advice column, but when a reply to her ex-best friend backfires, Erin's carefully constructed life takes a crazy spin.
Download or read book Miss Fortune Cookie written by Christopher Burruto and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miss Fortune Cookie written by Lauren Bjorkman and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Erin. Smart student, great daughter, better friend. Secretly the mastermind behind the popular advice blog Miss Fortune Cookie. Totally unaware that her carefully constructed life is about to get crazy. It all begins when her ex-best friend sends a letter to her blog—and then acts on her advice. In this novel from Lauren Bjorkman, Erin's efforts to undo the mess will plunge her into adventure, minor felonies, and possibly her very first romance. What's a likely fortune for someone no longer completely in control of her fate? Hopefully nothing like: You will become a crispy noodle in the salad of life.
Download or read book Misfortune Cookie written by Vivien Chien and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Vivien Chien's Misfortune Cookie, Lana Lee returns for another delectable cozy set in a Chinese restaurant in Cleveland, OH. “Pair your noodles with this steaming mystery, and you have the perfect chilly night combination!”—PopSugar They say fortune favors the bold, and Lana Lee is determined to prove that true. Lana, now officially manager of her family’s restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House, is headed to sunny Irvine, California to attend a restaurant convention with her sister, Anna May, along for the ride. The girls’ very Americanized Aunt Grace has asked them to stay in her posh rental, and as the trip begins, it seems to be just what they both needed. Even the restaurant convention proves to be worthwhile and entertaining, especially when Lana witnesses a dramatic cat fight between a fortune cookie vendor and a journalist. Lana and Anna May can’t imagine things getting any better until they learn their aunt has yet another surprise in store for them—a swanky cocktail party hosted for the freelancers of Southern California. But on the night of the party, things go south when a close journalist friend of Grace’s mysteriously plunges from the roof top of the hotel. Even more suspicious is the fact that Aunt Grace’s friend is the same journalist Lana saw getting into a screaming match with the fortune cookie vendor at the convention. The police rule the death a gruesome accident, but Aunt Grace refuses to accept that explanation and begs Lana for her help uncovering the truth. Lana, Anna May, Aunt Grace attempt to keep up appearances as they search for answers, but unwanted attention from suspicious colleagues and convention attendees starts to surface, causing Lana to wonder if they’ll find the killer in time...or if they’ll be the next ones pushed over the edge.
Download or read book Miss Fortune written by AJ Stern and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frannie's parents throw a party for Frannie with a fortune teller and Frannie finds her next new job: fortune teller, obviously! Frannie begins making up the fortunes of her friends at school and realizes that there is a difference between seeing the future and simply telling people what to do. After Frannie's customers start taking their fortunes too seriously by refusing to shower, do their chores, and even go to school, Frannie discovers that being psychic wasn’t her hidden talent after all. And that is not an opinion!
Download or read book Outcomes of a Fortune Cookie written by Jill Gandy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When dinner out with friends and family at your favorite Asian restaurant comes to an end, how does everyone pick their fortune cookie? Is it grab and go? Is the closest one chosen on an instinct? Does someone deal them out like poker cards? What happens after the cookie is broken, eaten, and it’s message is read? Well, follow along with me as I share the ‘Outcomes’ of my fortune cookie messages with short stories and essays that are filled with humor, inspiration, and ‘out of the box’ thinking.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1978-10-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles written by Jennifer B. Lee and published by Twelve. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think McDonald's is the most ubiquitous restaurant experience in America, consider that there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Wendys combined. New York Times reporter and Chinese-American (or American-born Chinese). In her search, Jennifer 8 Lee traces the history of Chinese-American experience through the lens of the food. In a compelling blend of sociology and history, Jenny Lee exposes the indentured servitude Chinese restaurants expect from illegal immigrant chefs, investigates the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, and weaves a personal narrative about her own relationship with Chinese food. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles speaks to the immigrant experience as a whole, and the way it has shaped our country.
Download or read book After the Fortune Cookies written by Ann R. Blakeslee and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 1990-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer Allison turns twelve brings many disturbing changes, as she fights to protect her beloved grandfather from the schemes of other family members and seeks the courage to stand up to the taunts of her spiteful cousin Carolina.
Download or read book Fruit Flies Fish Fortune Cookies written by Anne Connelly LeMieux and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1995-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After receiving an ominous fortune in a fortune cookie and then breaking an antique mirror, eleven-year-old Mary Ellen endures a run of bad luck, starting with the news that her best friend Justine is moving to Paris.
Download or read book The Year of the Fortune Cookie written by Andrea Cheng and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to "The Year of the Book" and "The Year of the Baby, " 11-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage. Illustrations.
Download or read book Fortune Cookie Fiasco written by Ruby Ann Phillips and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2015 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is time for the school bake-off, with a trip to the Bronx Zoo as a prize, and fourth-grade psychic Krystal Ball and her best friends are making fortune cookies--but when the class bully ruins their contribution, Krystal must use her talents to save the day.
Download or read book Teaching and Reading New Adult Literature in High School and College written by Sharon Kane and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the rapidly growing category of New Adult (NA) literature, this text provides a roadmap to understanding and introducing NA books to young people in high school, college, libraries, and other settings. As a window into the experiences and unique challenges that young and new adults encounter, New Adult literature intersects with but is distinct from Young Adult literature. This rich resource provides a framework, methods, and plentiful reading recommendations by genre, theme, and discipline on New Adult literature. Starting with a definition of New Adult literature, Kane demonstrates how the inclusion of NA literature helps support and encourage a love of reading. Chapters address important topics that are relevant to young people, including post-high school life, early careers, relationships, activism, and social change. Each chapter features text sets, instructional strategies, writing prompts, and activities to invite and encourage young people to be reflective and engaged in responding to thought-provoking texts. A welcome text for professors of literacy and literature instruction, first-year college instructors, researchers, librarians, and educators, this book provides new ways to assist students as they embark upon the next stage of their lives and is essential reading for courses on teaching literature.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife 3 volumes written by Jonathan H. X. Lee and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive compilation of entries documents the origins, transmissions, and transformations of Asian American folklore and folklife. Equally instructive and intriguing, the Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife provides an illuminating overview of Asian American folklore as a way of life. Surveying the histories, peoples, and cultures of numerous Asian American ethnic and cultural groups, the work covers everything from ancient Asian folklore, folktales, and folk practices that have been transmitted and transformed in America to new expressions of Asian American folklore and folktales unique to the Asian American historical and contemporary experiences. The encyclopedia's three comprehensive volumes cover an extraordinarily wide range of Asian American cultural and ethnic groups, as well as mixed-race and mixed-heritage Asian Americans. Each group section is introduced by a historical overview essay followed by short entries on topics such as ghosts and spirits, clothes and jewelry, arts and crafts, home decorations, family and community, religious practices, rituals, holidays, music, foodways, literature, traditional healing and medicine, and much, much more. Topics and theories are examined from crosscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to add to the value of the work.
Download or read book Fortune Cookie Phantom written by Miles J. Anderson and published by Banzai West. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortune Cookie Phantom is a fast paced story for kids 8 to 12 years old. A fun and scary adventure that gets kids hooked on reading. Do you believe in superstitions? Jackson never did. But when he sticks his chopsticks up in a bowl of rice, mysterious and spooky things start to happen. He receives threatening messages in a fortune cookie and an evil phantom appears from the dead. Will Jackson and his friend Lucas destroy the phantom or will they become the phantom's next victims? Topics: scary books, scary stories, middle school, middle school book, middle school books, kids books, books for kids, book for kids, books for boys, children’s books, children’s fiction, children books ages 9 to 12, children books for age 8 and up, children books for age 8 to 12, kids books for ages 9 to 12, kids books for age 8 and up, kids books for age 8 to 12, kids mystery book, children's mystery book, children's mystery book, kids adventure book, children's adventure book, children adventure book, ages 9-12, Mysteries, Action & adventure, Growing up, AAPI, children’s asian literature, legends, myths, fables, asian story Other readers of Miles J. Anderson books enjoyed books by: Rick Riordan, Neil Gaiman, James Dashner, Mary Downing Hahn, Victoria Schwab, Alvin Schwartz, Jeff Kinney, Dan Gutman, R.L. Stine, Katherine Arden, Max Brallier, K.R. Alexander, Dustin Brady
Download or read book Nikhadakiera written by M. S. Fan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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