American Panda

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Product Details
Price
$19.99  $18.59
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publish Date
Pages
320
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.3 X 1.2 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781481499101

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About the Author
Gloria Chao is the critically acclaimed author of American Panda, Our Wayward Fate, and Rent a Boyfriend. When she's not writing, you can find her with her husband on the curling ice or hiking the Indiana Dunes. She does not regret putting aside her MIT and dental degrees to write, and she is grateful to spend her days in fictional characters' heads instead of real people's mouths. Visit her tea-and-book-filled world at GloriaChao.Wordpress.com and find her on Twitter and Instagram @GloriaCChao.
Reviews
Seventeen Magazine's Best YA Novels of 2018
Bustle's Best YA Book of 2018
PopSugar's Most Riveting YA Book of 2018
A Chicago Public Library Best YA Book of 2018
A Paste Magazine Best YA Book of 2018
Booklist's Best Debut YA Book of 2018
A Junior Library Guild Selection
YMCA's Summer Reading List for Teens

"Weepingly funny." --The Wall Street Journal

"Delightful." --Buzzfeed

"Vibrant and bright." --Bustle

"Beautifully told." --Hypable

"A soulful and hilarious debut." --Booklist, starred review

"Effervescent." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Universal." --School Library Journal, starred review

"This deserves a place on every shelf, though it will not stay there long." --VOYA, starred review

"Eye-opening, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking." --Shelf Awareness

"An earnest, funny, and emotional story." --Book Riot

"American Panda is an absolute delight; an insightful, incisive, and often hilarious story of one girl's struggle to balance her family's expectations against her own secret ambitions. Overflowing with wit and empathy, Chao's debut charmed my socks off." --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland

"A charming and hilarious tale of a precocious Taiwanese American walking the tightrope of family expectations...in ice skates. Mei Lu is a goofy, lovable American teenager. I loved her." --Stacey Lee, award-winning author of Outrun the Moon

"Incredibly timely, honest, and moving--the must-read book of the season!" --Sandhya Menon, New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi

"A dazzling debut that hooked me with its humor and heart from the very first page." --Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician

"The perfect coming of age story for anyone who's ever felt unsure of where they belong. --Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stalking Jack the Ripper