Anna, a fourth grader, spends most of her life lost in books. Her books comfort her as she tries to navigate an American school where "friends" sometimes exclude her and a Chinese school in which she has been enrolled to learn her family's language and culture. Feeling lost in both worlds, Anna looks to her books for refuge but soon discovers that a combination of books and real-life friends will be necessary for happiness.
Give this book to any child who, like Anna, loves to live in literary worlds. It is an uplifting story that affirms the power of reading while assuring even the loneliest children that there are kindred spirits out there if they are willing to take the risk of getting to know someone new.
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