Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing by Guo Yue JFIC YUE 2008 (CHINA)
This book is set in Beijing in 1966, under the Communist regime of Mao Tse-Tung. The author includes notes of his childhood in that era.

The Perfect Sword by Scott Goto JFIC GOT 2008 (JAPAN)
A Japanese master swordmaker and his apprentice make a perfect sword, then journey to find someone who is worthy of it.

Puzzle of the Missing Panda by Elizabeth Singer Hunt JFIC HUN 2008 (CHINA)
(Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, Book #7) An endangered Giant Panda has been kidnapped from the Woolong Nature Reserve in China. Secret Agent Jack Stalwart goes to try to find the panda and rescue it before it is sold on the black market.

Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell JFIC DOW 2008 (VIETNAM)
A 12-year-old girl who is a member of an Army family in Texas learns about the meaning of having a family member missing in combat overseas during the Vietnam War. The general tone reflects the continuing ambivalence of Americans’ attitudes toward that war, and toward American involvement in overseas conflicts in general.

When Heaven Fell by Carolyn Marsden JFIC MAR 2007 (VIETNAM)
A Vietnamese-American girl in Vietnam receives a visit from her American aunt. Both find they have misconceptions regarding each other’s cultures.