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  • The Year of the Dog (Pacy Lin #1)

The Year of the Dog
(Pacy Lin #1)

Author
Publication Date
May 01, 2007
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
The Year of the Dog (Pacy Lin #1)

Description

A special edition of a modern classic by the Newbery-Award winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

When Pacy's mom tells her that this is a good year for friends, family, and "finding herself," Pacy begins searching right away. As the year goes on, she struggles to find her talent, deals with disappointment, makes a new best friend, and discovers just why the Year of the Dog is a lucky one for her after all.

This funny and profound book is a wonderful debut novel by award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator Grace Lin, and young readers will be sure to love and treasure it for years to come.

This special edition of the modern classic features over 15 pages of new content, including deleted stories, a Q&A with the author and editor, photos from the author's childhood, and more!

Publication date
May 01, 2007
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780316060028
Lexile Measure
690
Guided Reading Level
Q
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Series
Pacy Lin
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
Grace Lin

Grace Lin, a New York Times best-selling author/illustrator, won the Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star, the Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and the Theodor Geisel Honor for Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! Her novel When the Sea Turned to Silver was a National Book Award finalist. Grace is a commentator for New England Public Radio, a reviewer for the New York Times, and a video essayist for PBS NewsHour. You can hear her speak about diversity and children's literature in her popular TEDx talk "The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child's Bookshelf."

Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
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Nominee 2010 - 2010
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
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Nominee 2010 - 2010
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