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2) Thao
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"Thao's name is short, and it shares the same letters as many other names....Ever since Thao can remember, her name has been misspelled, mispronounced, and misunderstood. Tired of it, Thao finally decides it's time for a change. But will her fresh new name live up to its promise?" --book jacket
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A narrator describes all the ways in which her cat and father are--or are not--alike. They both love milk (we see them with milk mustaches) and sardines (ew!). They both start their mornings with stretches (yoga routine) and their afternoons with naps. What starts out as a humorous series of comparisons and visual gags takes a more meaningful turn when we realize the narrator may not be much like her parents at all. In the end, the narrator proclaims,...
5) Wallpaper
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Too shy to say hello to the kids in her new neighborhood, a young girl picks at the wallpaper in her room and discovers an imaginary world of wonder where a monster is looking for a friend.
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"It started with their ancestor, Oanh, who dared to leave her marriage for true love-so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons. Oanh's current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. She's divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she's estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and...
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