Overview

Great Tween Gift Set! Your reader will be charmed by Pippa Park in two entertaining chapter books and an interactive journal that boosts creativity. Perfect for ages 9-12, this series is a relatable fast-paced middle school story about friendships, peer pressure, basketball, crushes, and family. A Great Value! The set includes: Book One - Pippa Park Raises Her Game by Erin Yun: Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, and jumps at the chance to reinvent herself with her new classmates. Can Pippa keep her new image together? Book Two - Pippa Park Crush at First Sight by Erin Yun: Pippa picks up right where she left off--balancing working at the family laundromat, volunteering for the Korean church pageant, and hosting the perfect party for her basketball team-while juggling two crushes! Interactive Journal - Pippa Park My Journal About Life: celebrate and explore life with over 140 pages of awesome quizzes, listicles, and writing prompts inspired by Pippa Park and tween life. Gift Set Extras: Pippa Park Bookmark and Sticker Sheet

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9781944020781

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"""An empowering celebration of identity, friendship, and embracing one's roots... Yun writes of Korean-American family life with heartwarming, authentic detail... Tall, athletic, and brash, she is an unforced subversion of female Asian-American stereotypes even as she confronts challenges unique to Asian-American teens.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Pippa is a magnetic heroine, funny and good-hearted, and young readers will relate as she makes one honest mistake after another in an effort to fit in. A nice balancing act between sports action, middle-school drama, and the struggles of an underprivileged immigrant family that will appeal to a wide audience.""-- ""Booklist"" ""This charming and fast-paced middle-grade novel highlights family, friendship, and identity... Readers will relate to Pippa's struggles adjusting to life at her new school...Tweens will appreciate how Pippa learns to embrace her roots and her family's unconditional love.""-- ""Common Sense Media"" ""Pippa explores the highs and lows of friendships and first crushes in this well-crafted sequel to Pippa Park Raises her Game. ..VERDICT This warm-hearted, feel-good series continues to realistically explore one Korean American girl's middle school experience in a relatable way.""-- ""School Library Journal"""

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Erin Yun grew up in Frisco, Texas. She attended New York University and received her MA in creative writing at Cambridge. Erin is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She developed the Pippa Park Author Program, an interactive writing workshop, which she has conducted in person and virtually at schools, libraries, and bookstores. Yes, she used to play basketball as a middle grader!

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