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Scattergood, Augusta

Making Friends with Billy Wong

218 pp. | Scholastic | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-92425-2 $16.99
(4) 4-6 Shy eleven-year-old Azalea spends the summer of 1952 in Arkansas helping her ailing grandmother. Chinese American Billy Wong moves to town to attend the integrated school and work at his relatives' grocery store. Azalea's conversational prose alternates with Billy's verse as their friendship blossoms. Weak characterization and some heavy-handedness hamper a well-intentioned story. An author's note on Chinese Americans in the South adds value.
Reviewer: Amy Seto Forrester

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