Description
Julia Song and her friend Patrick would love to win a blue ribbon, maybe even two, at the state fair. Theyโve always done projects together, and they work well as a team. This time, though, theyโre having trouble coming up with just the right project. Then Juliaโs mother offers a suggestion: They can raise silkworms, as she did when she was a girl in Korea.Patrick thinks itโs a great idea. Of course there are obstaclesโfor example, where will they get mulberry leaves, the only thing silkworms eat?โbut nothing they canโt handle.
Julia isnโt so sure. The club where kids do their projects is all about traditional American stuff, and raising silkworms just doesnโt fit in. Moreover, the author, Ms. Park, seems determined to make Juliaโs life as complicated as possible, no matter how hard Julia tries to talk her out of it.
In this contemporary novel, Linda Sue Park delivers a funny, lively story that illuminates both the process of writing a novel and the meaning of growing up American. ISBN:9780544935211
