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Duck For Turkey Day (2009)

by Jacqueline Jules(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0807517348 (ISBN13: 9780807517345)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Albert Whitman & Company

review 1: Duck for Turkey Day is a great book about a girl that is Vietnamese and unlike everyone in her class is having duck for Thanksgiving not turkey. She is scared that everyone will think she is weird. This book teaches students that even though people may celebrate things differently they all have something in common. Their families were getting together to celebrate the holiday. Would be a great book to read in class around Thanksgiving to show that not everyone will celebrate it the same.
review 2: Duck for Turkey Day (2009) is Vietnamese American realistic fiction. Jacqueline Jules suggested that “it doesn’t matter what you eat on Thanksgiving, as long as you have a good time with family and friends.” She developed it through the eye of a Vietnamese g... moreirl, Tuyet, who understood that Thanksgiving meant turkey but her family preferred duck. Back to school, Tuyet’s eyes were burn with tears when the teacher ask the class to talk about their dinner, but to her surprise, none of the children had turkey; instead, they had their traditional foods. The author’s apparent purpose was to explain that Thanksgiving is not just about “turkey” but about family and friends spending time together. Therefore, the author’s intended audience could be anybody and at any age, especially those who are trying to acculturate into American culture. less

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