Lupe Wong Won't Dance

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Lupe Wong Won't Dance
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Author Donna Barba Higuera
Language English, Spanish
Genre Middle-grade fiction
Publisher Levine Querido, Arthur A. Levine
Publication date
September 8, 2020
Publication placeUnited States
Media type Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook
Pages272
Awards Pura Belpre Award honor
ISBN 9781646140039 Hardcover edition
OCLC 1135582547

Lupe Wong Won't Dance, also published as Lupe Wong No Baila, is a middle-grade sports novel written by Donna Barba Higuera. The book was illustrated by Mason London, translated to Spanish by Libia Brenda, and published on September 8, 2020 by Levine Querido. It is a Junior Library Guild selection, [1] a Pura Belpré Award honor book, [2] [3] and PNBA Book Award winner. [4]

Contents

Plot

Guadalupe "Lupe" Wong is a half-Chinese, half-Mexican seventh grade student at Issaquah Middle School and she dreams of becoming the first female pitcher in Major League Baseball. An opportunity arises for her to meet Fu Li Hernandez, “the first Asian/Latino pitcher in the major leagues,” [5] if she receives straight A's in her classes. Everything goes well until she learns that she will have to square dance in gym class to earn an A.

Reception

Lupe Wong Won't Dance is a Junior Library Guild book. [1] It received many positive reviews, including starred reviews from Booklist [6] and Publishers Weekly . [5]

Kirkus Reviews applauded the book's diversity in terms of character's interests and ethnicities and how Higuera was able to avoid "'diversity quota' pitfalls." [7]

Selenia Paz, writing for Booklist, called Lupe Wong Won't Dance "[a] laugh-out-loud story about family, friendship, and the beauty in being true to yourself." [6]

Awards and honors for Lupe Wong Won't Dance
YearAward/HonorResultRef.
2020 ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [8] [9]
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [10]
2021Booklist's Best Middle-Grade DebutsTop 10 [11]
Booklist's Best Sports Books for YouthTop 10 [12]
PNBA Book Award Winner [4]
Pura Belpré Award for AuthorHonor [2] [3]
Sid Fleischman Humor AwardWinner [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lupe Wong no baila (Lupe Wong Won't Dance) by Donna Barba Higuera". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Morales, Macey (January 25, 2021). "ALA announces 2021 Youth Media Awards". American Library Association. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Morales, Macey (January 24, 2022). "Raúl Gonzalez, Donna Barba Higuera and Raquel Vasquez Gilliland win Pura Belpré Awards". American Library Association. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "2021 Book Awards". Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Children's Book Review: Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera. Levine Querido, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-64614-003-9". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Paz, Selenia (September 1, 2020). "Lupe Wong Won't Dance". Booklist. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lupe Wong Won't Dance". Kirkus Reviews. June 16, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Notable Children's Books: 2021". Booklist. March 15, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  9. ↑ Schulte-Cooper, Laura (March 30, 2021). "ALSC names 2021 Notable Children's Books". American Library Association. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2020". Booklist. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  11. ↑ Khuri, Ronny (April 15, 2021). "Top 10 Middle-Grade Debuts: 2021". Booklist. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  12. ↑ Khuri, Ronny (September 1, 2021). "Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2021". Booklist. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  13. ↑ "2021 Golden Kite Award Winners and Honor Recipients Announced". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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