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The Year of the Book

By Andrea Cheng, Abigail Halpin

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“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 cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world.

Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to find a true friend. She’ll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes’ One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one. Read the entire Anna Wang series!

  • The Year of the Book
  • The Year of the Baby
  • The Year of the Fortune Cookie
  • The Year of the Three Sisters
  • The Year of the Garden
ISBN: 9780547684574
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: May 22, 2012
List price: $8.5
No of pages: 160
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BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books

Andrea Cheng

Biography

Andrea Cheng is the author of several children’s books, including the acclaimed middle-grade Anna Wang series critics call “gentle,” “accessible,” and “just right.” Though she passed away in 2015, her books will continue to inspire readers. Visit her website at andreacheng.com.

Abigail Halpin

Biography

Abigail Halpin is the talented illustrator of several chapter books including Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2009), cover artwork for Emma Jean Lazarus Fell In Love (Puffin Books, 2010), The Melancholic Mermaid (Simply Read Books, 2010), Penny Dreadful (Random House, 2010) and The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, Spring 2011). Both illustrator and graphic designer, she lives in New England, a stone’s throw from the Maine coastline. See her artwork at: http://www.theodesign.com/.

"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 cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world.

Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to find a true friend. She’ll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes’ One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one. Read the entire Anna Wang series!

  • The Year of the Book
  • The Year of the Baby
  • The Year of the Fortune Cookie
  • The Year of the Three Sisters
  • The Year of the Garden

ISBN: 9780547684574
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: May 22, 2012
List price: $8.5
No of pages: 160
Trim Size:
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Chapter Books

Andrea Cheng

Biography

Andrea Cheng is the author of several children’s books, including the acclaimed middle-grade Anna Wang series critics call "gentle," "accessible," and "just right." Though she passed away in 2015, her books will continue to inspire readers. Visit her website at andreacheng.com.

Abigail Halpin

Biography

Abigail Halpin is the talented illustrator of several chapter books including Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2009), cover artwork for Emma Jean Lazarus Fell In Love (Puffin Books, 2010), The Melancholic Mermaid (Simply Read Books, 2010), Penny Dreadful (Random House, 2010) and The Grand Plan to Fix Everything (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, Spring 2011). Both illustrator and graphic designer, she lives in New England, a stone’s throw from the Maine coastline. See her artwork at: http://www.theodesign.com/.