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Wendy Shang reading at 2023 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Wendy Wan-Long Shang is an author of
children's books .
Biography
Shang grew up in
Fairfax County, Virginia . Her parents were
Chinese immigrants to the United States. She received an undergraduate degree from and attended law school at the
University of Virginia . She worked for the
American Bar Association for five years.
[1]
Her
debut novel , The Great Wall of Lucy Wu (Scholastic, 2010), received the
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature .
[1]
Shang's book Not Your All-American Girl (Scholastic, 2020) is a companion novel to This Is Just a Test (2017). Both novels were co-written with
Madelyn Rosenberg .
[2]
She wrote the first
Chinese-American title character in the
American Girl Company 's annual Girl of the Year series.
[3]
As of 2022, Shang lives in
Falls Church, Virginia .
[1]
Works
References
^
a
b
c White, Amy Brecount (2022-09-16).
"For Young Readers, Stories of EmpaĬthy and Belonging" . Arlington Magazine . Retrieved 2023-04-17 .
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"Wendy Wan-Long Shang and Madelyn Rosenberg Return with "Sibling" Novel to "This Is Just a Test" " . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-17 .
^ Lukpat, Alyssa (2022-01-04).
"American Girl Debuts Chinese American Doll in Response to Anti-Asian Sentiment" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-04-17 .
^
"The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang" . Publishers Weekly . 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Dare, Kim (2011-02-01).
"The Great Wall of Lucy Wu" . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu . Kirkus Reviews. 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Carpenter, Susan (2011-01-09).
"Book review: 'The Great Wall of Lucy Wu' by Wendy Wan-Long Shang" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu .
Booklist Online . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (2011).
"The Great Wall of Lucy Wu (review)" . Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . 64 (6): 298.
doi :
10.1353/bcc.2011.a414109 .
ISSN
1558-6766 .
S2CID
201752772 .
^ Nabel, Lisa (2015-03-01).
"The Way Home Looks Now" . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
The Way Home Looks Now . Kirkus Reviews. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Campbell, Rhona (2017-05-01).
"This Is Just a Test" . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
This Is Just a Test . Kirkus Reviews. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Bishop, Madison (2020-06-01).
"Not Your All-American Girl" . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Gershowitz, Elissa (2021-08-01).
"Review of Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang" . The Horn Book . Retrieved 2023-04-17 .
^
Not Your All-American Girl . Kirkus Reviews. 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Shang, Wendy Wan Long (2020).
Over the moon : the novelization . Glen Keane (1st ed.). New York.
ISBN
978-0-06-300244-9 .
OCLC
1162474580 . {{
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^ Fakih, Kimberly Olson (2021-08-01).
"The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round" . School Library Journal . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round . Kirkus Reviews. 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Shang, Wendy Wan Long (2022).
Corinne . Illustrated by Peijin Yang. Middleton, WI.
ISBN
978-1-68337-188-5 .
OCLC
1291896988 . {{
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^ Shang, Wendy Wan Long (2022).
Corinne to the rescue . Illustrated by Peijin Yang. Middleton, WI.
ISBN
978-1-68337-187-8 .
OCLC
1291897053 . {{
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^
"The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang" . Publishers Weekly . 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao . Kirkus Reviews. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Lee, Michelle (2022-10-10).
"Review of The Secret Battle of Evan Pao" . The Horn Book . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
^ Khor, Shing Yin (2022-08-26).
"Soldiering On" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-04-16 .
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