Overview
A girl tries to cheer up her grieving, forgetful grandfather by taking him on a rollicking road-trip adventure in this charming and poignant middle-grade novel. Twelve-year-old Lizzie Chu has lived with her Wai Gong (grandfather) in Glasgow since her parents died when she was a baby. But Wai Gong has been acting different lately. He spends a lot of time talking to his Guan Yin statue--the Chinese goddess of compassion, kindness, and mercy--at his altar and seems to be becoming more forgetful. Even the shared passion he and Lizzie have for their favorite show, Strictly Come Dancing, seems to be tailing off. When Lizzie's friend Chi visits one day dressed as Princess Leia for Comic Con, Wai Gong mistakes her for Guan Yin, and is naturally delighted, and Lizzie seizes the opportunity to use Chi as Guan Yin to help her with her grandad. And then Lizzie gets an idea: she and Chi can take Wai Gong to Blackpool to the Tower Ballroom, where he'd always dreamed of going. If only she can get her grandad there, she thinks, he'll find some peace, and perhaps things will be OK at home again. After all, one of the myths around Guan Yin is that she brings order and harmony, so it's got to work out--right?
Full Product Details
Author: Maisie Chan ,
Suni La
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 14.20cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9798212379519
Publication Date: 28 March 2023
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
"""Chan combines realities of Asian British life with stories from Chinese mythology, forming the backdrop for a chaotic, hilarious road trip to Blackpool...A layered, emotionally resonant story."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"""
Chan combines realities of Asian British life with stories from Chinese mythology, forming the backdrop for a chaotic, hilarious road trip to Blackpool...A layered, emotionally resonant story. -- Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. Her middle-grade debut, Danny Chung Sums It Up, won the Jhalak Children's & YA Prize, the Branford Boase Award, and was on the Blue Peter Book Award shortlist. She also writes the Tiger Warrior series under the name M. Chan and started the group Bubble Tea Writers Network to support and encourage new British East and Southeast Asian writers in the United Kingdom. She is also a DVDebut Mentor with Diverse Voices Inc. When Maisie isn't writing, she enjoys yoga, dim sum, and singing really loudly. She has lived in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Taiwan. Originally from Birmingham, England, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow, Scotland.
