Tuesday, February 25, 2014

FLYING THE DRAGON by Natalie Dias Lorenzi

"The first sign of trouble was when her dad switched from silverware to chopsticks..."

Skye and Hiroshi's worlds are about to turn upside down.  Hiroshi and his family are moving from Japan to America, and everything about America feels wrong.  And it doesn't help that his cousin, Skye, is embarrassed to have to help him at school.  Skye has never thought of herself as Japanese, but her cousin's arrival makes it unavoidable.  But Skye and Hiroshi soon find they have more in common than they thought, and a relationship that started out as inconvenience turns into one of friendship and camaraderie.
Flying the Dragon is a story of discovery, through family and culture, and of finding happiness wherever you are.  This novel is best for 4th-8th grade boys and girls and can be found in the Juvenile section under J LOR.