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Year Of The Book (2012)

by Andrea Cheng(Favorite Author)

4.41 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1299892388 (ISBN13: 9781299892385)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Harcourt Brace and Company

series

Anna Wang

review 1: Summary-What is this book about? I think that the story is abiut two little girls who are going to be best friends forever.And i also think that they will probubly go to school together.Anna Chage does not like lara because she is mean to Anna.But they became friends when their moms mete.And Anna felt a little weird because lara was her friend now.Setting- The settting is mostly at Annas house.It is inportant to the stoy because most of the events happen at her house.Character trats- Anna is a verry wise little teenager,she will probubly exept entything well olmost enything.She is also a loving girl who listens to her mother.Anna exepted thet she wass going trickertring whith lara. Most inportant event-Anna chang changes the story by moving from one school yo the next scho... moreol.And also she learns chineise to.Recomendation-I think that a reader who likes reading or even a classic book reader whould even like because this book is kind of classic.By Alexis.
review 2: A sweet story the follows Anna, a quiet, Chinese-American, book-loving girl, through her 4th grade year. Interwoven are subplots and relationships with a group of girls at school, an elderly man, friends from Chinese school, the 4th grade teacher, and a kindly crossing guard. Anna turns to books as friends this year, as her school friends have been exclusive and not always kind, hence the title of the book. One friend, Laura, is going through a difficult time at home, which leads Anna and Laura to grow closer throughout the year. Introverted readers will relate to Anna's frequent preference to play at home with her brother or read a book rather than socialize with girls from school. Gifted readers may also appreciate that some of Anna's best friends are adults in her life, Mr. Shepherd, Ms. Simmons, and Ray. Teachers will like the number of academic activities woven into the plot--creating timelines of students lives, learning Chinese characters, learning and writing personal narratives about vocabulary words such as "perseverance" and "persuasive," and plenty of text-to-self connections made by the protagonist as she relates her life to favorite books. Readers are briefly exposed to a variety of great picture books and chapter books, many of which are award-winners, which may inspire them to seek out these books at the library. Classrooms could also incorporate some of the picture books (and maybe chapter books?) into classroom read-alouds. Oh, and there are also instructions for how to make your own drawstring bag, wontons, and tangrams. Fun!Overall, this is a story of growth, friendship, and learning. Though it reads as a simple, straight-forward plot, it also has a gently complexity that makes it more realistic than many middle-grade school stories. While never pushing beyond what's appropriate for the audience, we deal with racism, death/grieving, parental fighting and separation, change, friendship, peer pressure, "mean girls," and what it means to be true to yourself. I think I like this book even more, the more I think about it! less

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