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Lensey Namioka

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June 14, 1929 in Beijing, China

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Namioka was born in Beijing, the daughter of linguist Yuenren Chao and physician Buwei Yang Chao. The family moved often in China. In 1937, the Chaos were living in Nanjing, and fled westward in the face of the Japanese Invasion. They eventually made their way to Hawaii, then Cambridge, Massachusetts. Namioka attended grade school in Cambridge and excelled at mathematics.

Namioka attended University of California, Berkeley, where her father was a professor of Asian Studies. Here she met and married Isaac Namioka, a fellow graduate student in mathematics. The Namiokas moved to Ithaca, New York, where Isaac Namioka taught at Cornell University, and Lensey Namioka taught at Wells College.

In 1959, the Namiokas' first daughter Aki was born, follo...more

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Books by Lensey Namioka

Average rating: 3.66 · 1,626 ratings · 279 reviews · 30 distinct works

	Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (Laurel-Leaf Books) 3.78 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Mismatch 3.25 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear 3.36 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions	My rating:
	An Ocean Apart, a World Away 3.65 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	April and the Dragon Lady 3.57 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Half and Half 3.31 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Village of the Vampire Cat 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Samurai and the Long-Nosed Devils 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“In America, your ancestors don't matter so much. You're just you.”
― Lensey Namioka, Mismatch

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