Year of the Dog (A Pacy Lin Novel, 1)

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Year of the Dog  (A Pacy Lin Novel, 1)

"I want to be called, Pacy," says Pacy. "Don't be stupid," says her sister, Lissy. "Pacy is too weird for everyone. They won't know how to say" it. And then they'd ask, "Why do Chinese people always have to have these weird names?" It's the Chinese Year of the Dog, and this is the world that Pacy (Grace) finds herself in. How does she fit into the American world of her school and the culture all around her when she lives in the world of Taiwan at home? She wants to make friends and to fit in, but at home, she has a mother who doesn't realize that you HAVE to have a turkey for Thanksgiving. Mom would rather fill the table with steamed dumplings and noodles and other Taiwanese delicacies. Author Grace Lin grew up reading books about American girls. There weren't any books about girls who were just like her with one foot in America and one foot in the culture of her Taiwanese family, so she decided to write books for girls like her.

272 pages 978-0316531337 Ages 8-12

Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com

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Pacy is back! The beloved heroine of The Year of the Dog and The Year of the Rat has returned in a brand new story. This summer, Pacy's family is going to Taiwan for an entire month to visit family and prepare for their grandmother's 60th birthday celebration. Pacy's parents have signed her up for a Chinese painting class, and at first she's excited. This is a new way to explore her art talent! But everything about the trip is harder than she thought it would be--she looks like everyone else but can't speak the language, she has trouble following the art teacher's instructions, and it's difficult to make friends in her class. At least the dumplings are delicious...

As the month passes by, Pacy eats chicken feet (by accident!), gets blessed by a fortune teller, searches for her true identity, and grows closer to those who matter most.---from the publisher

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