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Maizy Chen's Last Chance

Lisa Lee

Illustrator: Rebecca Shieh

Ages: 9+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Random House Children's Books/PRH

ISBN: 978-1-9848-3025-8

Keywords: Grandparents; Chinese Americans; Immigrants; Racism

With her grandfather's health failing, Maizy, 11, spends the summer in Minnesota helping out at the family's Chinese restaurant and learning about her heritage. Warm, moving and multilayered. Greyscale spot art.