The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

This is a young reader chapter book about Grace, a Taiwanese-American girl growing up in upstate New York. During the year of the dog, Grace is on a quest to find herself. This book follows her throughout the year which is filled with school projects, a play, and friendships.

The little illustrations were the best part about this book. The story was a bit disjointed and even awkward at times.

The author writes on the back cover that "...this was the book I wished I had growing up." I can see how reading this book would be helpful to young Asian-Americans when there aren't many books with Asian-American protagonists. But overall, I didn't find this book to be very satisfying or encouraging at all.