Not your all-American girl
Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets the lead role, as usual, because in the teacher's mind Lauren, half-Jewish and half-Chinese, does not fit the image of all-American girl--Lauren is hurt but resolved to support her friend, but her two grandmothers are furious and they intend to do something about it. |
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| Physical Description: | 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 9-11. Grades 4-6. |
| ISBN: | 9781338037760 1338037765 |
| Author Notes: | 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; Bubble Trouble ; 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. 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. |
