Andrea Cheng

Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.

Twelve-year-old Anna's friend Andee spearheads a campaign to bring Fan from China to Cincinnati on a year-long cultural exchange, but before Fan even arrives Anna is concerned that Andee and Fan are too different to get along.

Examines the life of Dave, a young African born in America, sold into slavery sometime before 1818. Dave worked for a potter and made many items out of clay. When he learned to read--at great personal risk due to the laws against allowing slaves to learn to read--Dave began etching poems into the pottery he made. Collects several of Dave's poems.

On her 80th birthday, a woman watches three young sisters play outside in the snow, remembers good times with her own sisters, and receives several birthday surprises. Includes a simple recipe for making lemon ice with snow.