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The Many Meanings of Meilan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593111284)
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x"The little girl I was would have been thrilled to encounter Meilan... having found a character who embraces the complexity of being both Chinese and American, I would have been able to echo her words: 'I am not alone.'"
--New York Times Book Review by Jean Kwok A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself in this resonant debut. Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales. After Nai Nai passes, the family has a falling-out that sends Meilan, her parents, and her grieving grandfather on the road in search of a new home. They take a winding path across the country before landing in Redbud, Ohio. Everything in Redbud is the opposite of Chinatown, and Meilan's not quite sure who she is--being renamed at school only makes it worse. She decides she is many Meilans, each inspired by a different Chinese character with the same pronunciation as her name. Sometimes she is Mist, cooling and invisible; other times, she's Basket, carrying her parents' hopes and dreams and her guilt of not living up to them; and occasionally she is bright Blue, the way she feels around her new friend Logan. Meilan keeps her facets separate until an injustice at school shows her the power of bringing her many selves together. The Many Meanings of Meilan, written in stunning prose by Newbery Honor-winning author Andrea Wang, is an exploration of all the things it's possible to grieve, the injustices large and small that make us rage, and the peace that's unlocked when we learn to find home within ourselves.
Author: Andrea Wang
ISBN-10: 0593111281
ISBN-13: 9780593111284
Publisher: Kokila
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511786 / Many Meanings of Meilan
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2021
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 126
School Library Journal 08/01/2021 pg. 81
Booklist 08/01/2021 pg. 52
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average
--New York Times Book Review by Jean Kwok A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohio, where she must tap into her inner strength and sense of justice to make a new place for herself in this resonant debut. Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales. After Nai Nai passes, the family has a falling-out that sends Meilan, her parents, and her grieving grandfather on the road in search of a new home. They take a winding path across the country before landing in Redbud, Ohio. Everything in Redbud is the opposite of Chinatown, and Meilan's not quite sure who she is--being renamed at school only makes it worse. She decides she is many Meilans, each inspired by a different Chinese character with the same pronunciation as her name. Sometimes she is Mist, cooling and invisible; other times, she's Basket, carrying her parents' hopes and dreams and her guilt of not living up to them; and occasionally she is bright Blue, the way she feels around her new friend Logan. Meilan keeps her facets separate until an injustice at school shows her the power of bringing her many selves together. The Many Meanings of Meilan, written in stunning prose by Newbery Honor-winning author Andrea Wang, is an exploration of all the things it's possible to grieve, the injustices large and small that make us rage, and the peace that's unlocked when we learn to find home within ourselves.
Author: Andrea Wang
ISBN-10: 0593111281
ISBN-13: 9780593111284
Publisher: Kokila
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511786 / Many Meanings of Meilan
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2021
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 126
School Library Journal 08/01/2021 pg. 81
Booklist 08/01/2021 pg. 52
Publishers Weekly 08/23/2021
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average
By Andrea Wang
xAndrea Wang is the award-winning author of the picture books The Nian Monster (Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor), Magic Ramen (Freeman Book Award Honor), and Watercress. The Many Meanings of Meilan is her debut middle-grade novel. The first character in Andrea's Chinese name is an archaic one that means fragrant, but her parents' friends all thought it was the character for jade, which sounds exactly the same. That sparked her lifelong interest in names and identity. She'd much rather be a rock than smelly. Andrea likes to write about family, food, and culture. She spent her childhood in Ohio and Boston and now lives in Colorado with her family.
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