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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Middle Grade
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
TAB 2018 Picks
The Cold War: Books for Kids
Asian-American Pacific Islander History Month
TAB 2018 Picks
The Cold War: Books for Kids
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Elementary
More Lists...
Description
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...
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