The Year of the Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780544022638)

A novel to treasure with every middle-grade reader you know (NYTBR), this first Anna Wang story shows how a young Asian-American girl navigates her way around friendship and learn to accept that our diversity is what makes us unique.

In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.

When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot--constant companionship and insight into her changing world.

Books, however, can't tell Anna how to find a true friend. She'll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes' One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.

Author: Andrea Cheng
ISBN-10: 0544022637
ISBN-13: 9780544022638
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.65h x 5.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151332 / Year of the Book

Award: Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Nominee