Lupe Wong Won't Dance
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My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog. Don't you want to read a book that starts like that?? Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when the horror that is square dancing rears its head in gym? Obviously she's not gonna let that slide. Not since Millicent Min, Girl Genius has a debut novel introduced a character so memorably, with such humor and emotional insight. Even square dancing fans will agree...
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This was a sweet little middle grade novel about a girl trying to get out of square dancing in gym class because it threatens the straight-A grades she needs to maintain in order to meet her favourite baseball player. The author did a good job of making these sort of trivial situations feel like as big a deal as they would to 12-year-olds, and Lupe's relationships with her friends and family felt natural. It was nice to see a biracial protagonist, and both her Mexican and Chinese family play a role in the story. It does drag in the middle a bit and there's one major plot thread I thought was a little silly but overall I loved the ending.