Year of the Dog

Title: Year of the Dog
Author: Grace Lin
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reviewer: Siddharth

It's the Chinese New Year of the Dog! When a Chinese girl named Pacy Lin is told that this year for friends, family, and "finding herself", Pacy begins delving right away. As the year goes along, she struggles to find her talent, attempts to make some new friends, and yearning to find out if the Year of the Dog is really a lucky and favorable year for her after all. This book has an amalgam of emotions in every page. You won't be able to put it down!

I absolutely adored this book because even though it was very comedic, it was a very profound book which had some real meaning to it. It explains throughly the Chinese culture and what effect it had on a Chinese-American child. Plus it had cute drawings on every page. For Grace Lin's debut novel, I give her much adulation for one of the best books I've ever read. That's what I think. Go and read it for yourself!