TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Waka T.
TI  - Dream, Annie, dream
SN  - 9780063017160
U1  - FIC BRO 
KW  - Middle school girls
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Children's plays
KW  - Japanese Americans
KW  - Racism against Asians
KW  - Children of immigrants
KW  - Self-acceptance
KW  - Schools
KW  - Middle schools
KW  - Fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - Social problem fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Romans
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Ages 8-12
N2  - "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."--
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