Amy Tan : author and storyteller

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Title:

Author:

Rosinsky, Natalie M. (Natalie Myra)

Personal Author:

Rosinsky, Natalie M. (Natalie Myra)

Publication Information:

Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, [2007]

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Signature lives

Signature lives.

Summary:

Explores the life and career of author Amy Tan, from her childhood in Oakland, California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, to her career as a writer.

Language:

English

Contents:

Famous storyteller -- China to America -- Growth to grief -- Change and rebellion -- Adult now -- Becoming a writer -- Writer's life -- Pictures, music, action! -- Between family and fate -- Moving onward -- Life and times -- Life at a glance -- Additional resources -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Image credits.

Reading Level:

1030 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.5 2.0 107907.

Personal Subject:

Tan, Amy.

Tan, Amy.-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Chinese Americans -- Biography.

Authors, American. -- Juvenile literature.

Women -- Biography. -- Juvenile literature.