Cynthea Liu
Great News!
PARIS PAN is a Scholastic Book Clubs selection!PARIS PAN and THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA are both APALA Book List selections!
PARIS PAN is an Oklahoma Book Award finalist!
PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
THE GREAT CALL OF CHINA is a NoveList Best and a Grab-and-Go title!
PARIS PAN is part of the Accelerated Reader program and Scholastic Reading Counts!
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Reviews
"The book is well paced and Paris's desire for friendship will ring true with middle school readers." School Library Journal"Liu's story, refreshingly, features a Chinese American narrator whose ethnicity is not at the story's center." Horn Book
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end." TeensReadToo, Gold Star Award for Excellence
"Liu's latest book, Paris Pan Takes the Dare, is a stylish, character-driven story with an appealing, spunky heroine." Chicago Sun Times
Category Archives: Sneak Attack
NEW! PB Critique from Author Margaret O’Hair
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NEW! PB Critique #2 from Freelance Editor Summer Dawn Laurie
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NEW! Critique Package from Author Michelle Zink (Fantasy)
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NEW! Author/Illustrator Scott Magoon Prize Pack #1
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NEW! Critique Package from Author Malindo Lo (Fantasy)
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NEW! First Three Chapters Critique from Author Jen Nadol (Contemp Fantasy)
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NEW! Critique Package from Author Neesha Meminger (Contemp Realistic)
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NEW! Soap, soap, soap Prize Pack from Author/Illustrator Elizabeth O. Dulemba
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NEW! Critique from Author Anna Jarzab (Contemp Crime)
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NEW! Critique Package from Author Margie Gelbwasser (Contemp Realistic)
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