by Grace Lin
I really enjoyed The Year of the Dog, and The Year of the Rat is a great sequel. Grace Lin’s books remind me of the Yang family series: true-to-life observations about what it is to be an Asian kid growing up in America. More on the nose than some other books, but also some really subtle writing (mo...
This is the sequel of Year of the Dog. Pacy has another exciting year. Two years after Year of the Dog, the Year of the Rat means changes- both good and bad. Melody and her family move to California and Pacy feels alone. Another Chinese family rents Melody, and the boy Dun-Wei goes to Pacy's school....
I liked this better than the first, if only slightly (it'd get an 8.5 out of ten from me if I could show that; not enough for five stars though). It seemed as if there was more conflict, more going on, than in the first, and that made me feel more involved with the story. Furthermore, I liked gettin...
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