![]() ![]() ![]() Students might even want to sooth their neckaches by inking Chinese characters over the sore muscles.Ī nationwide book-making contest allows Pacy her first real chance to find herself. They can sit down at the Lin’s table and celebrate Chinese New Year with a broad river of traditional dishes, or step into a kitchen at the Lin’s Red Egg party to welcome a newborn to the family. The Year of the Dog offers students an endless array of fun-filled opportunities to encounter and appreciate Chinese culture and traditions. They are like “two chopsticks… always together.” The girls get to be silly together, talking about crushes, drama, and all the in-between things. Pacy gains confidence from her forever friend, Melody, who is also Taiwanese and understands what it’s like to be split between two cultures and feel as if she doesn’t quite belong in either. When Pacy goes to a TAC summer camp and meets other Chinese and Taiwanese kids, though, she is ostracized because she can’t speak any language other than English. Pacy ventures on a stimulating year of discovery, to find out what the Year of the Dog means, and to find herself.Īt home, Pacy is very much Taiwanese-American, but at school, she’s seen as mostly Taiwanese. In The Year of the Dog we meet ten-year-old Pacy in a story inspired by author Grace Lin’s real life. ![]() The Year of the Dog is for thinking… it’s a good year to find yourself.” “They say the Year of the Dog is for friends and family. ![]()
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