Making friends with Billy Wong
By: Augusta Scattergood
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated; Scholastic Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780545924252
Subjects: Social life and customs; Grandmothers; Chinese Americans; Juvenile fiction; Friendship; Prejudices; History
Description: Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to care for Grandmother Clark.  Paris Junction is nothing like her Texas hometown. And now she's been thrown together with, troubled Willis DeLoach, gossipy Melinda Bowman, and Billy Wong, a Chinese-American boy who has his own troubles. Billy's parents own the Lucky Foods grocery store, where days are long, and folks aren't always friendly. Inspired by the true stories of Chinese immigrants who came to the American south during the civil rights era, this poignant story reminds us all that home is where our hearts reside, and that friends can come to us in the most unexpected ways.
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