{"id":4196,"date":"2009-07-09T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2014-05-19T23:53:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T03:53:07","slug":"paris-pan-takes-the-dare-by-cynthea-liu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/paris-pan-takes-the-dare-by-cynthea-liu\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Pan Takes the Dare by Cynthea Liu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Paris-Pan-Takes-the-Dare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29627\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Paris-Pan-Takes-the-Dare.jpg\" alt=\"Paris Pan Takes the Dare\" width=\"1127\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Paris-Pan-Takes-the-Dare.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Paris-Pan-Takes-the-Dare-563x800.jpg 563w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/07\/Paris-Pan-Takes-the-Dare-800x1135.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/a>At 12, Paris Pan is the youngest of three in the peripatetic Pan family. Their latest address has them domiciled in teeny-tiny small town Sugar Lake, Oklahoma, where Paris has to start all over again at a new school. Unlike her older sister who has groupies before the first day is over, Paris&#8217;s social skills are not quite as advanced.<\/p>\n<p>In order to hold onto her tenuous new friendships, she must be willing to take &#8220;The Dare,&#8221; a rite-of-passage for 13-year-olds that involves spending the night in the same woods where a young girl was apparently murdered years ago, whose spirit quite possibly might still be around. Paris learns a thing or two about true friendship \u2013\u00a0not to mention her own family! \u2013\u00a0and even experiences the angst of first crush.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynthealiu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cynthea Liu<\/a>&#8216;s easy-breezy style works especially well in creating believable teenagers-to-be in all their contradictory glory. And even the most self-absorbed of Liu&#8217;s tween readers will recognize and appreciate her entertaining characterizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 12, Paris Pan is the youngest of three in the peripatetic Pan family. Their latest address has them domiciled in teeny-tiny small town Sugar Lake, Oklahoma, where Paris has to start all over again at a new school. 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