The secret battle of Evan Pao / Wendy Wan-Long Shang.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 259 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338678857
- 133867885X
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | SHANG, WENDY WA | Available | 33111010984116 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | SHANG, WENDY WA | Available | 33111010846562 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Fiction | SHANG, WENDY WA | Available | 33111009456407 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poignant and timely take on prejudice, bullying, and claiming our own histories, perfect for fans of Front Desk .
A fresh start. That's all Evan Pao wants as he, along with his mother and sister, flee from California to Haddington, Virginia, hoping to keep his father's notoriety a secret.
But Haddington is a southern town steeped in tradition, and moving to a town immersed in the past has its own price. Although Evan quickly makes friends, one boy, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make sure that as a Chinese American, Evan feels that he does not belong. When Evan finds a unique way to make himself part of the school's annual Civil War celebration, the reaction is swift and violent. As all of his choices at home and at school collide, Evan must decide whether he will react with the same cruelty shown to him, or choose a different path.
Wendy Wan-Long Shang, the critically acclaimed author of Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award for Children's Literature winner The Great Wall of Lucy Wu , weaves a timely and deeply moving portrait of all the secret battles Evan Pao must fight as he struggles to figure out how he fits into this country's past and how he will shape its future.
Ages 8-12. Scholastic Press.
Grades 4-6. Scholastic Press.
Evan Pao and his family move to Haddington, Virginia in hopes of keeping his father's notoriety a secret, but a small southern town is not an easy place for a Chinese-American boy to fit in, and one kid, Brady Griggs, seems determined to make things difficult.