{"id":7802,"date":"1997-03-03T16:54:18","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T20:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:33:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:33:52","slug":"yang-the-third-and-her-impossible-family-by-lensey-namioka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/yang-the-third-and-her-impossible-family-by-lensey-namioka\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Yang-the-Third-and-Her-Impossible-Family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33008\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Yang-the-Third-and-Her-Impossible-Family.jpg\" alt=\"Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family\" width=\"340\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>Yingmei Yang wants to &#8220;be American.&#8221; She\u2019s changed her name to Mary, keeps a notebook of American slang, and tries her best to make friends at school. But she realizes that fitting in means she must first learn to accept her own family just as they are, even with their traditional Chinese ways. Entertaining sequel to Namioka&#8217;s 1992 <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/1997\/03\/03\/yang-the-youngest-and-his-terrible-ear-by-lensey-namioka\/\"><em>Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1995<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7056\" title=\"Yang the Third\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/yang-the-third.jpg\" alt=\"Yang the Third\" width=\"128\" height=\"188\" \/>Yingmei Yang wants to &#8220;be American.&#8221; She\u2019s changed her name to Mary, keeps a notebook of American slang, and tries her best to make friends at school. But she realizes that fitting in means she must first learn to accept her own family just as they are, even with their traditional Chinese ways. Entertaining sequel to Namioka&#8217;s 1992 <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/1997\/03\/03\/yang-the-youngest-and-his-terrible-ear-by-lensey-namioka\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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