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The Year of the Dog
By Lin, Grace
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31606-000-4
- Publisher
- Little
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
Gr 3-5 A lighthearted coming-of-age novel with a cultural twist. Readers follow Grace, an American girl of Taiwanese heritage, through the course of one year -The Year of the Dog -as she struggles to integrate her two cultures. Throughout the story, her parents share their own experiences that parallel events in her life....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
Pacy spends the Year of the Dog on a journey of self-discovery. Although sorting out her ethnic identity is important (she is Taiwanese-American in a largely non-Asian community), Pacy has another pressing question to answer: what should she be when she grows up? She likes coloring eggs for her new baby cousin Albert's Red Egg party—maybe she will become a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
