Maizy Chen's Last Chance
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER . NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST . ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR YOUTH LITERATURETwelve year-old Maizy discovers her family's Chinese restaurant is full of secrets in this irresistible novel that celebrates food, fortune, and family.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY School Library Journal . Booklist . The Horn Book . New York Public Library . One of Slate's 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years
Welcome to the Golden Palace!
Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom's plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance and at the Golden Palace-the restaurant that's been in her family for generations-she makes some discoveries.For instance-
- You can tell a LOT about someone by the way they order food.
- People can surprise you. Sometimes in good ways, sometimes in disappointing ways.
- And the Golden Palace has secrets...
But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. Like, why are her mom and her grandmother always fighting? Who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missing-and someone has left a racist note-Maizy decides it's time to find the answers.
Millicent Min, Girl Genius, Lisa Yee's debut novel, won the renowned Sid Fleischman Humor Prize. Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, So Completely Emily Ebers, Definitely Maybe, and two books about a fourth grader, Bobby vs. the World, have sold almost two million copies worldwide. Bobby the Brave (sometimes) and Girls (accidentally). Lisa is also the author of the Kanani books for American Girl and Good Luck, Ivy. Warp Speed, her most recent novel, is about a Star Trek fan who gets bullied at school every day.
Lisa was a Thurber House Children's Writer-in-Residence, and her works have been named an NPR Best Summer Read, a Sports Illustrated Kids Hot Summer Read, and a USA Today Critics' Top Choice. Lisa's website is lisayee.com, and her blog is lisayee.livejournal.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781984830272 |
| ISBN 10 | 1984830279 |
| Title | Maizy Chen's Last Chance |
| Author | Lisa Yee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2023-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Award 2022 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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