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Summary:

"Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota...until now. Her mom's plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance (where she and her family are the only Asian Americans) and at the Golden Palace--the restaurant that's been in her family for generations--she makes some discoveries. For instance: you can tell a LOT about someone by the way they order food; and people can surprise you--sometimes in good ways, sometimes in disappointing ways; and the Golden Palace has secrets. But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. Like, why are her mom and her grandmother always fighting? Who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missing--and someone has left a racist note--Maizy decides it's time to find the answers"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Yee, Lisa , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Maizy Chen's last chance [by Yee, L.]

Subjects:

Grandparents — Juvenile fiction

Restaurants — Minnesota — Juvenile fiction

Chinese Americans — Minnesota — Juvenile fiction

Immigrants — Minnesota — Juvenile fiction

Children of immigrants — Juvenile fiction

Racism — Juvenile fiction

Genealogy — Juvenile fiction

Minnesota — Juvenile fiction

Restaurants — Juvenile fiction

Chinese Americans — Juvenile fiction

Grandparents

Restaurants

Chinese Americans

Immigrants

Children of immigrants

Racism

Genealogy

Children's stories

United States

Minnesota

Genres:

Children's stories

Social problem fiction

Fiction

Novels

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 273-274).
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 6.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #515527.
Lexile 670L.
F&P X.
Newbery Honor book, 2023
Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature, 2023
Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book, Children's Fiction, 2023
National Book Award, Children Finalist, 2022
School Library Journal Best Books, Middle Grade Books, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature, Best Books, 2022

Audience:

Children
Preteens
Ages: 8-12.
Grades: 3-7.
Reading grade level: 4.6.
670L (source: Lexile)

Creator Demographics:

Women
Chinese Americans
Bay Staters
Californians

Physical Description:

276 pages : black and white illustrations ; 22 cm
Setting: Minnesota

Physical Characteristics:

monochrome; illustration

Call Numbers:

JFic Y42ma

ISBNs:

9781984830258 (hardcover)
1984830252 (hardcover)
9781984830265 (library binding)
1984830260 (library binding)
9781984830289 (ebook) [Invalid]
1984830287 (ebook) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021005416

OCLC Numbers:

1236900323