Sloane decides that being short and Chinese means Lucy is not leader material, and she and her posse will do almost anything to bully Lucy into submission. Unlike Sloane, Lucy can really play … and play well, even if she’s stuck going to Chinese school on Saturdays when she would much rather be practicing with the team. Her grandmother is gone, but Yi Po is definitely here …Īt school, Lucy’s got another unwanted challenge to deal with … queen-bee Sloane decides she should be the 6th grade basketball team captain. Just before Lucy’s beloved grandmother died three years ago, she revealed to Lucy’s mother that she had a long-lost sister she hadn’t seen in decades. She’s about to begin her last year of elementary school – and 6th graders rule! She and her best friend Madison already have their bright futures meticulously planned, including matching star basketball careers and their soon-to-be-renowned fame as interior designers.Įxcept no one told Lucy about Yi Po, the mysterious great-aunt who’s coming for an extended visit and staying in Lucy’s newly vacated room. Her annoyingly perfect older sister, with whom she has always shared a room, is off to college, which means Lucy (finally!) gets a room of her own. Warp Speed‘s Marley Sandelski prevails over his physical attackers Great Wall‘s Lucy combats emotional treachery.Īt 11-almost-12, Lucy Wu is the youngest in her family of three kids. The two titles together could be companion texts for sure: both highlight the prevalence of bullying in middle school. Wendy has worked on behalf of children as a library volunteer, juvenile justice attorney, a tutor at an elementary school and a juvenile facility, and a Court-Appointed Special Advocate, but her most joyful roles have been as a mother and children's book author.Talk about timing … as soon as I finished Lisa Yee’s Warp Speed, I arbitrarily began Wendy Wan-Long Shang‘s Great Wall. The Way Home Looks Now portrays the struggle of Peter Lee and his family to recover from loss through baseball and the understanding that expressions of grief and love come in many forms. Lucy's struggles and frustrations are realistic, and her experiences take her from stubborn resistance to pride in her Chinese heritage." The Great Wall of Lucy Wu received several awards, including the Asian-Pacific American Librarians Association’s Children’s Literature Award for 2012 and a place on nine state reading lists.
Her most recent book, This is Just a Test, was co-written with her friend, Madelyn Rosenberg, and examines Chinese/Jewish identity, Cold War fears and friendship in the 1980s. Her debut novel, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, was described by Booklist as "captur the seemingly unbearable unfairness of being a tween balanced between two cultures. Wendy Wan-Long Shang is a middle-grade author who focuses on the many experiences of Chinese-Americans with humor, heart and a sense of history.
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