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By: Karen Cushman Rate: Good In the book Catherine Called Birdy, an old Jewish woman says to her, “Remember, Little Bird, in the world to come, you will not be asked ‘Why were you not George?’ or ‘Why were you not Perkin?’ but ‘Why were you not Catherine?’” What a deep question for her. Little…

By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang Rate: Between very good and supreme Yet another story about a Chinese girl, Wendy Wan-Long Shang’s book The Great Wall of Lucy Wu is truly amazing.  It’s supposed to be the perfect year, the starting of sixth grade for Lucy Wu. Lucy’s grandmother, whom she calls Po Po, moved to China…

By: Kelly Yang Rate: supreme In this amazing sequel to Front Desk, we continue to adventure with Mia Tang. Mia now is the owner of the Calivista Motel! She’s excited to start a new, fresh year in sixth grade! But, things don’t go as smoothly as Mia pictured.  On the politics side, an immigration law,…