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This is an excellent introduction to a one-time celeb little known to today's children... Readers will be entranced by the actress's rags-to-riches story, and her efforts at confronting racial discrimination will resonate with all ethnic minorities. An author's note fleshes out the biography, making this a fine choice for both school and public libraries. -- School Library Journal A fascinating account of the life of a determined actress. -- Publisher's Weekly Wang's watercolor-and-acrylic pictures are ... quite lovely set pieces, like a graceful adult Anna May with floral hat and tea cup... Yoo's earnest text illuminates the actress's life and times -- Kirkus Reviews Carter G. Woodson Award, National Council for the Social Studies Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

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PAULA YOO is an author and screenwriter whose children's books for Lee & Low include Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, Shining Star, and several titles in the Confetti Kids series. Her titles have been recognized by the International Reading Association, the Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist, and Lee & Low's New Voices Award. She and her husband live in Los Angeles, California, where she works in television. You can visit her online at paulayoo.com. LIN WANG has illustrated several books for children, including The Crane Girl for Lee & Low Books. She is a classically trained portrait painter with an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. Wang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their children.

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