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Wendy Wan-Long Shang

    Le storie che scopriamo sulle nostre famiglie e come ci cambiano sono al centro dell'opera dell'autrice. Cresciuta senza libri specifici dell'infanzia tramandati dai genitori, ha colmato questa lacuna con le proprie esplorazioni in biblioteca. La sua scrittura incoraggia i lettori a immergersi nelle potenti narrazioni, grandi e piccole, che le loro famiglie custodiscono. L'autrice spera che il suo libro ispiri la scoperta e l'apprezzamento di questi racconti familiari personali.

    One Small Hop
    Not Your All-American Girl
    • One Small Hop

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen's classic Hoot, this humorous adventure story set in a not-so-distant future celebrates the important differences we can make with small, brave acts.When Ahab and his friends find a bullfrog in their town—a real, live bullfrog, possibly the last bullfrog in North America—they have several options: A. Report it to the Environmental Police Force. Too bad everyone knows the agency is a joke. B. Leave it be. They're just a bunch of kids—what if they hurt it by moving it? C. Find another real, live bullfrog on the black market. Convince their parents to let them bike to Canada. Introduce the two frogs. Save all of frogkind.Ahab convinces the rest of the group that C is their only real option. Because if they don't save this frog, who will? Their quest, which will involve fake ice cream, real frog spawn, and some very close calls, teaches Ahab that hope is always the logical choice and that science is always better with friends.With humor and empathy, acclaimed author Madelyn Rosenberg builds an all-too-imaginable future ravaged by climate change, where one kid can still lean on his friends and dream up a better tomorrow.

      One Small Hop2021
      3,8
    • Not Your All-American Girl

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      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.

      Not Your All-American Girl2020
      4,2