Monday, February 22, 2010
The Year of the Dog
Posted by Caitlin
Book Name: The Year of the Dog
Author: Grace Lin
Description: The story “The Year of the Dog” is about a girl who comes to America and is the only Taiwanese girl named Grace in her school besides her sisters. Another Taiwanese girl comes to the same school whose name is Melody. Melody and Grace become best friends.
Posted by Caitlin
Book Name: The Year of the Dog
Author: Grace Lin
Description: The story “The Year of the Dog” is about a girl who comes to America and is the only Taiwanese girl named Grace in her school besides her sisters. Another Taiwanese girl comes to the same school whose name is Melody. Melody and Grace become best friends.
Links: http://www.gracelin.com/
The author’s website
http://outergrace.blogspot.com/2009/12/clip-again.html
http://outergrace.blogspot.com/2009/12/clip-again.html
Watch Grace Lin’s video about her Newbury Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
http://lynncoins.com/lunar.htm
http://lynncoins.com/lunar.htm
Find out what animal is the year you were born in!
Read the sequel to this book, The Year of the Rat!
Question to Answer: Would you have wanted to be friends with Melody? Why or why not?
Question to Answer: Would you have wanted to be friends with Melody? Why or why not?
I would want to be friends with Melody because I would enjoy learning about another culture from her.
ReplyDeleteI would want to be friends with Melody because Melody and Grace are great friends and always get along with each other.
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