The Year of the Book
A novel to treasure with every middle-grade reader you know (NYTBR), this first Anna Wang story shows how a young Asian-American girl navigates her way around friendship and learn to accept that our diversity is what makes us unique.
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannotāconstant companionship and insight into her changing world.
Books, however, canāt tell Anna how to find a true friend. Sheāll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelaceās Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estesā One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.
Product Information
Product Information
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
Description
A novel to treasure with every middle-grade reader you know (NYTBR), this first Anna Wang story shows how a young Asian-American girl navigates her way around friendship and learn to accept that our diversity is what makes us unique.
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.
When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannotāconstant companionship and insight into her changing world.
Books, however, canāt tell Anna how to find a true friend. Sheāll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelaceās Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estesā One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.
