title: Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear
author:  Lensey Namioka 
description: Newly transplanted to Seattle from his native China, nine-year-old Yingtao is a tone-deaf thorn among musical roses. His parents--professional musicians both--assume the problem is lack of practice and chide him for playing baseball (he's a natural) when he could be rehearsing with his virtuoso siblings for an upcoming family recital. When Yingtao hooks up with a new friend from school, a boy as talented musically as Yingtao is athletically and whose parents have put him in an opposite predicament--the boys scheme a "lip-syncing" violin switch for the recital quartet that finally opens the eyes of both families. Peppered with wry commentary on the often baffling experience of adapting to a new country and a new language, Beijing-born Namioka's fresh and funny novel serves up a slice of modern, multicultural American life. Her comic timing and deadpan delivery are reminiscent of Betsy Byars, and her book will leave readers begging for more. Dekiefte's keenly observed black-and-white sketches evoke a maximum of expression with a minimum of intrusion. illustrations not seen by PW. Ages 8-12. <br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  #   **The Legendary Siblings**
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### (絕代雙驕 / Juédài Shuāng Jiāo)
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## By Gu Long
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Translated by Athena, Wubbles, Bubeng, Jean
  
  
  
  
  
  #   **Chapter 1 Orphans**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Anyone with a pair of ears has heard of the names Jaded lover Jiang Feng and
  Yan Nantian, anyone with a pair of eyes would love to see the unsurpassed
  appearances of Jiang Feng and the ultimate unmatched swordsmanship of Yan
  Nantian.  
  
  
    
  
  
  Because everyone knows that no young girl can withstand a mere smile of Jiang
  Feng and nobody can block a simple sword stance of Yan Nantian.  
  
  
    
  
  
  Everybody is certain that Yan Nantian can chop off the head of a field marshal
  even surrounded by an army of a million soldiers, he can split a mere hair
  into two halves with ease. And Jian Feng's charismatic smile can crush any
  girl's heart.  
  
  
    
  
  
  However at this moment the richest and most handsome young man of his time is
  wearing a r