Making friends with Billy Wong
In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In 1952 eleven-year-old Azalea is sent to Paris Junction, Arkansas, to help out her grandmother who has injured her foot, but does not really seem to want her help; Billy Wong is a Chinese-American boy whose uncle owns the local grocery store, in town to attend the "white" school, since the Chinese mission school has closed, but frustrated by the overt prejudice of the local children--and over the summer the two begin to forge a friendship. |
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| Physical Description: | 209 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780545924252 0545924251 9780545924283 0545924286 |
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