Not your all-American girl /
Rosenberg, Madelyn, 1966-
Not your all-American girl / Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang. - First edition. - 243 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Ages 9-11. Scholastic Press. Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
9781338037760 1338037765
2019031957
Children's plays--Juvenile fiction.
Musicals--Juvenile fiction.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Juvenile fiction.
Best friends--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Theater--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Not your all-American girl / Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang. - First edition. - 243 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Ages 9-11. Scholastic Press. Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
9781338037760 1338037765
2019031957
Children's plays--Juvenile fiction.
Musicals--Juvenile fiction.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)--Juvenile fiction.
Best friends--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Theater--Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Jews--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction.