The Way Home Looks Now - Wendy Wan-Long Shang 电子书Mobi+epub
Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 650 (What's this?)
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Reprint edition (March 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545609577
ISBN-13: 978-0545609579
The Way Home Looks Now Paperback – March 28, 2017
by Wendy Wan-Long Shang (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0545609577
Product details
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 650 (What's this?)
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Reprint edition (March 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545609577
ISBN-13: 978-0545609579
Twelve-year-old Chinese American Peter Lee and his family always shared a passion for baseball, bonding over backlot games and the Pittsburgh Pirates. But when a devastating tragedy strikes, the family flies apart and Peter's mom becomes paralyzed by grief, drifting further and further from her family.
Hoping to lift his mother's spirits, Peter decides to try out for Little League. But his plans become suddenly complicated when his strict and serious father volunteers to coach the team. His dad's unconventional teaching methods rub some of Peter's teammates the wrong way, and Peter starts to wonder if playing baseball again was the right idea -- and if it can even help his family feel less broken. Can the game they all love eventually bring them back together, safe at home?
Acclaimed author Wendy Wan-Long Shang brings her signature warmth, gentle humor, and wisdom to this poignant story of healing and loss, family, and the great American pastime, baseball.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Peter just wants his home to be the way it was before—before his mother stopped talking, before she started sitting on the couch staring at the TV, and before his older brother died in a car accident. Peter's father is a strict Chinese immigrant who stresses homework, emphasizes respect for authority, and forbids baseball. Peter's mother and siblings loved the sport before his brother died; now baseball is no longer played or even talked about in the family. Peter becomes convinced that the way to get his mother back is to join Little League and play baseball again. He persuades his father to allow him to play, but during tryouts so many children show up that another coach is needed and Peter's father volunteers. This stressful dynamic shows Peter a different side of his father, a man who is mourning his son, loves his family, knows a lot about baseball, and believes in fairness. Peter is a fully realized character, but the rest of his family and most of the players on his team fall flat. VERDICT Though the plot occasionally gets bogged down with too many side stories, this heartwarming story is still a worthy purchase.—Lisa Nabel, Dayton Metro Library, OH --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
Praise for The Way Home Looks Now:
A CCBC Choices selection
Book Page Best of the Year selection
Amelia Bloomer Project List selection
National Book Festival Great Reads selection
* "[A] fine story of family, loss, growing up and learning to play baseball, raised to a higher level by gracefully incorporated themes of feminism and kindness." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Shang (The Great Wall of Lucy Wu) skillfully balances the different aspects of Peter's life, robustly characterizing his friendships and his time at school and home. Issues of sexism, racism, and struggles with depression are handled deftly in scenarios grounded in reality, including an ending that's hopeful without being pat." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Readers will cheer Peter on as his love for his family drives him to persevere at home and on the field. Parallels between home plate and home as place abound as grief completes its work and relationships are restored. Interwoven with cultural ties to both Peter's Chinese heritage and to the women's liberation movement, this touching novel shows the importance of patience - baseball." -- Booklist
About the Author
Wendy Wan-Long Shang is the author of The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, which was awarded the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature, and The Way Home Looks Now, an Amelia Bloomer Project List selection and a CCBC Choices List selection. She lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
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