num_pages: 80
description: A young girl from Thailand finds that there are many shades to being American in this poignant story about longing to belong.In Thailand she was named Oy, but here in America the teachers call her Olivia. Other things are not so easy to change, however. When Oy draws a self-portrait that has brown hair and eyes round as coins, her classmate Frankie makes fun and calls her Chinese. And the popular girl, Liliandra, barely speaks to her, until she learns that Oy has something very a Thai dancing dress from her grandmother, shimmering with pink silk and golden threads that make her look like a princess. Will Oy risk shaming her family to win Liliandra’s approval - and be part of the club she has envied from afar?With compassion and rare insight, Carolyn Marsden tells a simple tale about a young girl who searches for acceptance in a complex culture, while learning to treasure all that she is.
language: English
title: The Gold-Threaded Dress
titlecomplete: The Gold-Threaded Dress
genres: Cultural, Fiction, Family, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 260
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Candlewick