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Cheng, Andrea

The Year of the Book

148 pp. | Houghton | May, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-68463-5 $15.99
(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Nine-year-old Anna, who always has her head stuck in a book, sometimes uses reading as a shield against social exclusion (of the specialized fourth-grade-girl kind) and her own lack of confidence. Cheng's telling is as straightforward yet sympathetic as her self-contained main character; Halpin's often lighthearted pencil-and-wash sketches both decorate and enrich this perceptive novel.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2012

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