Q: How long has it been since the last Children’s Books Boston Trivia Night?
A: Too long!
For a bonus point: Children’s Books Boston returned this year as part of a larger event. Name the event.
A: Boston Book Festival s Lit Crawl Boston!
Last seen in this space chatting about Supergirl and Wonder Woman, Lisa Yee returns to talk about Maizy Chen’s Last Chance. Maizy was looking forward to the perfect LA summer; instead, her mother drags her to Last Chance, Minnesota, where Maizy s grandparents own a Chinese restaurant and from where her mother escaped long ago. Family dramedy, family history, and family secrets combine for a very different kind of novel from my old friend Lisa.
Eleven-year-old Maizy and her mother leave fast-paced Los Angeles to spend the summer in languorous Last Chance, Minnesota. Oma and Opa, Maizy’s grandparents, own Golden Palace, the only Chinese restaurant in the area. Although she finds life in the Midwest boring at first, Maizy begins to make friends and connect more deeply with her family.