This is just a test

In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has p...

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Main Authors: Rosenberg, Madelyn, 1966- (Author), Shang, Wendy Wan Long (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other, he is beginning to notice girls, and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
Physical Description:243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781338037722
1338037722
Author Notes:Madelyn Rosenberg is the coauthor of This Is Just a Test , a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, and Not Your All-American Girl , which she wrote with Wendy Wan-Long Shang; Dream Boy , cowritten with Mary Crockett; and many books for younger readers, including the How to Behave books and Cyclops of Central Park . She writes books, articles, and essays for children and adults, and lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC. You can visit her online at madelynrosenberg.com.

Wendy Wan-Long Shang is the author of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu , which was awarded the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature; The Way Home Looks Now , an Amelia Bloomer Project List selection and a CCBC Choices List selection; The Secret Battle of Evan Pao , which received multiple starred reviews; Sydney Taylor Honor Book This Is Just a Test , which she cowrote with Madelyn Rosenberg; and Not Your All-American Girl , a Tablet Magazine Best Children's Book, also cowritten with Madelyn Rosenberg. She lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC.