Review title: Summer Surprise. This was a delightful novel. It is great for encouraging readers to enjoy their culture and heritage and the importance of exploring your family history. Grace Lin did a great job of drawing readers in to the world of Pacy as she went to her parents' homeland and learned many wonderful lessons. With a well-developed storyline and characters readers are sure to be fascinated by Pacy's tale of her summer adventure.

i read this book but i feel like it's the best book in the world!!!I been renewing it again and again.I read almost all the books Grace Lin had wrote.The Year Of The Rat,etc.This book is very talented and very sweet!My teacher said when ever we write in our journals we should write with details and i bet she will never say that to you if she read you book.When ever I want to rate this book i will rate it 5555555555555555555 STARS!BESTSELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 4 stars! Check out other books by this author. Novel includes folktales.

It's one thing to feel like an outsider when you're the only Asian girl in your class but when Pacy and her family travel to Taiwan, where her parents were born and where she looks like everyone else, she still feels out of place. Pacy meets many relatives but she is unable to speak or understand Chinese which makes her feel like an outsider even more. Her art skills seem to have disappeared when she attends an art class where she must paint with only a brush and black ink. Pacy is sure that this will be the longest month of her life. Reviewed by BPL volunteer LS.