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Not Your All-American Girl

Madelyn Rosenberg, Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Sixth grader Lauren and her longtime best friend Tara audition for their school musical, “Shake It Up!” Lauren performs strongly, but Tara receives the leading role. Their teacher explains that blonde Tara fits the role of the “all-American girl,” making Lauren question the implication for her as a dark-haired, biracial Chinese American Jewish girl. Set amid details of the 1980s, the story follows Lauren as she becomes increasingly upset by the racist ideas behind the teacher’s understanding of who can represent an all-American lead.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
630L
ATOS Book Level
4.4
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
7
Word Count
49157
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
O
Themes
Friendship · Identity · Racism And Prejudice · School
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published
April 5, 2022
Pages
256
ISBN-13
9781338037777
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2021Fiction for Children
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