Isabelle in the City (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2014)

by Laurence Yep

Overview

Isabelle and her sister, Jade, are off to New York City for a summer ballet program. It feels like a dream come true - until Isabelle meets her Japanese roommate, Miki, who doesn't seem to want to spend any time with her. When Isabelle realizes that Miki has trouble speaking English, she searches for a way to bridge the gap between them. Can the two girls from different cultures find a way to communicate through their shared love of dance?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338197211
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	04/25/2017
Series:	Girl of the Year
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	71
Sales rank:	559,854
File size:	12 MB
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Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Laurence Yep is a prolific Chinese-American author of children's books. He is best known for the 10-book Golden Mountain Chronicles; Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate were both Newbery Honor books. In 2005 the American Librarian Association awarded Yep the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, notably for Dragonwings, The Rainbow People, The Khan's Daughter, and the autobiographical The Lost Garden. Yep's books are often influenced by Chinese mythology and touch upon the dilemma of the cultural outsider.