The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

Author- Wendy Wan- Long Shang

Hook Question- Is Lucy Wu really going to get the best year ever or is she going to get the worst year she has ever had? 

Blurb- Lucy Wu is a girl with two siblings her elder sister Regina and her big brother Kenny. When Regina leaves for college and Lucy's dad goes to China  Lucy's mum and dad made a decision of having Lucy's grandmother Popo's sister Yipo to stay in there house until christmas. Lucy was finally going to be sixth grade the top year of the school and finally was going to get her own room without Regina and now Yipo was coming to share a room with her!? No way! Was she going to get a perfect year she always wanted or was she going to get the worst year had ever had in her life? Well thats for you to find in the wonder of this book.

Text to text- The Great Wall of Lucy Wu is similar to the book, Save Me a Seat because they both are in first person, and are both about a the main disliking someone but towards the end they start to understand them. In The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, although Lucy hates Yipo at the beginning, she grows friendly at the end of the book. In Save Me a Seat, the new kid, Dylan hates Joe who is shy and lonely, but they become friends in the end. 

Text to self- Its very different with me and Lucy because my grandma sometimes visits to Hong Kong and because we don't have a guest room my grandma has to share with me and my sisters room I usually don't mind when my grandma comes and it rarely happens so usually I am excited unlike Lucy which at first didn't like Yipo her grandmothers sister staying in her room making for the two of them.

Text to world- Lucy's family is a Chinese American family. China has a population of over 1.3 billion, China has more people than any other country on earth.

  

Your views on the book and why? Were there any messages the author was trying to get across?- I think this book was very good. I really enjoyed this book because it was making me want to read more because of Lucy struggling with her life but I knew that she would make it through and it was tempting for me to know whats going to happen next with the bully saying that she would win the competition and if Lucy would win or not. Never give up with what you love to do even if somebody disagrees its what you decide what your going to do as your life and to love what you've done.

Do you recommend this book for others? Why or why not? What age group is this suited for?- I recommend this book because it is a book that you can learn to never give up what you love to do if your parents disagree it doesn't matter its what you choose what you do. I this book is suited for ages 9-11

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