# Not Your All-American Girl - Hardcover

by **Wendy Wan-Long Shang** (Author), **Madelyn Rosenberg** (Author)

A multicultural story full of heart and hilarity about what it means to be all-American.

Lauren and her best friend, Tara, have always done absolutely everything together. So when they don't have any classes together in sixth grade, it's disastrous. The solution? Trying out for the school play. Lauren, who loves to sing, wonders if maybe, just maybe, she will be the star instead of Tara this time.But when the show is cast, Lauren lands in the ensemble, while Tara scores the lead role. Their teacher explains: Lauren just doesn't look the part of the all-American girl. What audience would believe that she, half-Jewish, half-Chinese Lauren, was the everygirl star from Pleasant Valley, USA?From amidst the ensemble, Lauren tries to support her best friend. But when she can't bring herself to sing anymore, her spot in the play and her friendship are in jeopardy. With the help of a button-making business, the music of Patsy Cline, and her two bickering grandmothers, can Lauren find her voice again?Acclaimed coauthors Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang return to the 1980s world of Sydney Taylor Honor Book _This Is Just a Test_ with this laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story.

### Author Biography

Wendy Wan-Long Shang is the author of _The Great Wall of Lucy Wu_, which was awarded the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature; _The Way Home Looks Now_, an Amelia Bloomer Project List selection and a CCBC Choices List selection; _The Secret Battle of Evan Pao_, which received multiple starred reviews; Sydney Taylor Honor Book _This Is Just a Test_, which she cowrote with Madelyn Rosenberg; and _Not Your All-American Girl_, a _Tablet Magazine_ Best Children's Book, also cowritten with Madelyn Rosenberg. She lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC.  
Madelyn Rosenberg is the coauthor of _This Is Just a Test_, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, and _Not Your All-American Girl_, which she wrote with Wendy Wan-Long Shang; _Dream Boy_, cowritten with Mary Crockett; and many books for younger readers, including the How to Behave books and _Cyclops of Central Park_. She writes books, articles, and essays for children and adults, and lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC. You can visit her online at madelynrosenberg.com.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 07, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Not Your All-American Girl

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.4

**Point Value:** 7

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- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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