The gold-threaded dress

When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.

Main Author:	Marsden, Carolyn.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2002.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Identity > Juvenile fiction. Thai Americans > Juvenile fiction. Prejudices > Juvenile fiction. Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.
Physical Description:	73 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:	0763615692 9780763629939 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Carolyn Marsden was born in Mexico City to missionary parents. She has been a writer all her life, but THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS is her first book. About THE GOLD-THREADED DRESS she says, "I wrote this story when my half-Thai daughter was being teased at school. As a parent and elementary school teacher, I watched her struggle to establish a cultural identity. I became fascinated with a conflict that is common to many children in our increasingly diverse United States." Carolyn Marsden has an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College. After spending the last twenty-five years in Tucson, Arizona, Carolyn Marsden now lives by the ocean in La Jolla, California, with her husband and two daughters.