03458cam a2200649 i 4500 609691588 TxAuBib 20221118120000.0 220317s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021425959 9780063017160 hardcover 16.99 0063017164 hardcover 16.99 TxAuBib rda Brown, Waka T.,. Dream, Annie, dream / Waka T. Brown. First Edition. New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] 344 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In this empowering deconstruction of the so-called American Dream, a twelve-year-old Japanese American girl grapples with, and ultimately rises above, the racism and trials of middle school she experiences while chasing her dreams. As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school play. So when Annie lands an impressive role in the production of The King and I, she's thrilled ... until she starts to hear grumbles from her mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it's an Asian play with Asian characters. Is this all people see when they see her? Is this the only kind of success they'll let her have -- one that they can tear down or use race to belittle? Disheartened but determined, Annie channels her hurt into a new dream: showing everyone what she's made of. Waka T. Brown, author of While I Was Away, delivers an uplifting coming-of-age story about a Japanese American girl's fight to make space for herself in a world that claims to celebrate everyone's differences but doesn't always follow through."-- Provided by publisher. Ages 8-12. 20221118. Middle school girls Juvenile fiction. Children's plays Juvenile fiction. Japanese Americans Juvenile fiction. Japanese Americans Juvenile fiction. Japanese Americans Fiction. Racism against Asians Juvenile fiction. Racism against Asians Fiction. Children of immigrants Juvenile fiction. Self-acceptance Juvenile fiction. Self-acceptance Fiction. Schools Juvenile fiction. Middle schools Juvenile fiction. Japanese American children Fiction. Schools Fiction. JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American. JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism. JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education. Children of immigrants. Children's plays. Middle schools. Japanese Americans. Racism against Asians. Schools. Self-acceptance. Theater Fiction. Racism Fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works. Social problem fiction. Bildungsromans. Social problem fiction. Romans.