![]() ![]() But as the parade passes by and fireworks light the. Shocked that her parents are cooking Chinese food to sell in the family store on an all-American holiday, a feisty Chinese American girl tries to tell her mother and father how things 'really' are. As she spends the day working in the store and watching the local parade, she can’t shake her anxiety about her parents’ naïveté. Harcourt, 2002 - Chinese Americans - 40 pages. However, today is the Fourth of July and her parents just don’t understand that customers won’t be ordering chow mein and sweet-and-sour pork on this very American holiday. ![]() A Chinese-American girl helps her parents open their small neighborhood grocery store every day of the year. K-Gr 2–This simply told story explores a child’s fears about cultural differences and fitting in with understanding and affection. ![]()
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