The Great Call of China: 33 years in the making
Grab a front-row seat. Dim the lights. Break out the shrimp chips. We’re playing behind-the-scenes footage about the author and the book!
If you connect with this film, feel free to share this movie with others or include it on your website or blog.
WOOBY AND PEEP is coming in 2013!
PARIS PAN will be released in Germany!
PARIS PAN is a Scholastic Book Clubs selection!
PARIS PAN and THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA are both APALA Book List selections!
PARIS PAN is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist!
PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is a NoveList Best and a Grab-and-Go title!
PARIS PAN is part of the Accelerated Reader program and Scholastic Reading Counts!
"Liu's story, refreshingly, features a Chinese American narrator whose ethnicity is not at the story's center." Horn Book
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end." TeensReadToo, Gold Star Award for Excellence
"Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare, is a stylish, character-driven story with an appealing, spunky heroine." Chicago Sun Times
That was beautiful! Good luck with your book.
Excellent and creative way of showing us who you are! Thanks for sharing and much success with your books!
Love the movie. Plus, CeCe is my niece’s name – short for Sierra
Hey Cynthea,
Who knew Oklahoma could look so good? Loved the Driller statue and the ORU hands. What a great promo!
Kate Hannigan
cynthea, loved this video!!!! i’m so excited for you! congrats!!!!
I REALLY REALLY want to read your book now!
What an incredible video, Cynthea! I can’t wait to read the book!
Adding on to the love of the video. I actually got shivers at a few spots.
Congratulations, Cyn!
I had to watch the video again. And again. It was THAT GOOD. Talk about skillz!
Great video!! I can’t wait to read the book.
Cyn!!
I was out all day! Waaaaaaaaaaaah!
But I LURVE this video!
And I know I’m gonna LURVE this book!
And, lucky me, I live close enough to get an autograph;)
AWESOME job – esp liked the ‘truth’ line.
Really, really nice.
luv ya,
BEV
AWESOME video!!!!!! Seriously, amazing, like I was watching the movie of your book (which I was). And–awesome that you used Faye Wong!! I’ve been on a Faye Wong kick this past week–for no reason! Maybe I picked up on your vibes.
HOORAY for you!!!! HOORAY for today and every day to come! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
Cynthea!!
That was such an amazing and well-done video, and I can’t wait to see your book on the shelves at my local bookstores!!
(Oh, and wow, I hadn’t seen the ‘rollerblading crew’ picture in…forever!! Talk about flashbacks to your then-newfound roots!! Please say hi to your cousins for me. I haven’t seen ‘em since….well, 1992!!)
Best of luck in the new ‘chapter’ of your life, certainly a huge accomplishment in its own right. I’m so proud of you!!
What a great video
That is incredible Cynthea. I feel so proud to have spent part of my life with you. Can’t wait to read your work!
Wow, that video was pretty brilliant. Nice work.
And was that a picture of 9th grade prom in there? If so, then my date was in that picture!
Great video, Cynthea! Congratulations!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! Banana pancakes rule!
I liked the video, it was great! And I really liked the song.
Awesome video. I will purchase your book for my daughter, who is a book loving teen, I promise. Thanks Vic
Aww…some video!
That was wonderful!
Congrats Cynthea!! And I loved the video too.
So awesome!
That was a great video! I was almost moved to tears! =)
Amazing video – I love the music and the pictures and the story!
I also love shrimp chips! And now I know that I might be banana pancakes 
which is an awesome analogy, btw!
awesome video!
C,
Great video, by a classy beautiful woman. Good luck!
~~~T
Awesome video!
That was an amazing video, Cynthea. Congrats! Love how you dove-tail your own story with your character’s. Also, perfect soundtrack!
You sure know how to throw an online party! =)
that was amazing. i love it!
Coolness! I loved the video! (And I think there was a picture with me in there — the 5 of us dressed up — where were we going?)
Lovely video, Cynthia! Congratulations and all best wishes on your book release day!
Laraine
LOVE the video, and can’t wait to read the book!
CLiu, Your video made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, it gave me chills, and it made me laugh! (It also explains a lot about PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE.) This is really spectacular. Congratulations.
I am in awe. This was every kind of awesome. Well done. So well done.
Best of luck with the book.
Wow! The video is great, Cynthea! One of the best book videos I’ve seen.
Wow, what a great idea! It was so great to get to know you a little bit.
Wow! What an amazing video!
I particularly liked your paper on Othello and all the pictures of you when little. lol. You rock my world!!! *hug*
Cynthea – I loved his video because I could relate on so many levels. I would love to share this video on my blog too. Would that be alright?
That is one of the best trailers I’ve seen. It’s so NOT contrived and forced!!! Love, love, LOVED it!!! Plus, I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to post my prom photos. hehe
I loved this video. I’m crying. And that’s a good thing. Thanks for sharing a soundbite of your life with us.
Jean
Oh, Cynthea, brava, brava! I had tears in my eyes.
That was an excellent video! I watched the whole thing, and I’m pretty impatient with a lot of book trailers/promotional videos. Congratulations on your release!
Your video gave me goosebumps! I absolutely love it. It was totally sweet. You’ve come a long way and you’re definitely an inspiration to writers!
Cynthea,
Great job with the video:) I’m excited to read the book. Congrats on the release! What a wonderful story.
Great movie!! Wow!
Fantastic video–I’m inspired!
Awesome…simply awesome! I even had tears!
Oh Cynthea! That was fantastic! I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes. What a wonderful outlook on the whole, “where are you from” thing. I agree with you completely. I very rarely get that, but my full sister gets it a lot. Especially if she’s been out in the sun for awhile.
I hope you sell a zillion books. I will buy one when I get to see you again in person so you can sign it face to face. I like doing that.
Angela
Great video! I can so relate to the banana pancakes!
Fantastic video! I am jealous of all with video-making abilities.
What a fun way to tell about yourself and your book. Well done.
Excellent video! It was so much fun to watch. Great music too (I love that song, no matter what language they sing it in).
Excellent–in a very non-surfer type way…thank you so much for sharing so much of yourself! Inspiring!
WOW! Great video! It got ME all choked up! Congratulations again Cynthea! You are a rock star!
Wow! That is one of the best book videos I’ve ever seen! Fabulous job! (And yeah, I teared up!)
Beautiful video!!
OMG!!!! Love this! You are too cool. I could watch it again and again. Impressed!
Cynthea – this is great! (“Hen hao!”)
Congratulations – very well done! It makes me miss Taiwan, too…
Wonderful video
Very poignant!
Wow. Seriously–wow.
Awesome job.
Wow! Beautifully done. Personal and touching. Was that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian, and the Qin warriors? Cool!
Great video! Smooch!
Dude.
You are made of awesome!
Great video Cynth. I was looking for Snoop to make a random appearance as director aka Alfred Hitchcock. =)
Wonderful video! Very well done.