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A touching and funny middle-grade story about a boy whose life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother moves in
Eleven-year-old Danny’s life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things get worse when Danny finds out he’ll have to share his room with her, and she took the top bunk!
At first, Danny is frustrated that he can’t communicate with her because she doesn’t speak English—and because he’s on the verge of failing math and Nai Nai was actually a math champion back in the day. It just feels like he and his grandmother have nothing in common. His parents insist that Danny help out, so when he’s left to look after Nai Nai, he leaves her at the bingo hall for the day to get her off his back. But he soon discovers that not everyone there is as welcoming as he expected.
Through the universal languages of math and art, Danny realizes he has more in common with his Nai Nai than he first thought. Filled with heart and humor, Danny Chung Sums It Up shows that traversing two cultures is possible and worth the effort, even if it’s not always easy.
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“Narrator Eric Mok strikes just the right tone as eleven-year-old Danny…Mok delivers Nai Nai’s mix of Chinese and English and captures Danny’s frustration at being on Nai Nai duty when he’d rather be drawing comics with his best friend, Ravi…It’s a satisfying intergenerational story that balances the silly and the serious.”
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“Funny and heartwarming; a balanced equation of family, culture, and being true to yourself.”
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“Chan wholeheartedly portrays intergenerational relationships and cross-cultural exchange in a way that resonates.”
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“[A] humorous, and heartfelt realistic fiction tale with a diverse set of relatable protagonists.”
— School Library Journal
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About Maisie Chan
Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. She has written early reader books; a collection of fairy tales, myths, and legends in Stories From Around the World; and many stories for The Big Think, a well-being curriculum based around stories for elementary school children. Her middle-grade debut, Danny Chung Sums It Up, won the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize, the Branford Boase Award, and was on the Blue Peter shortlist. She also writes the Tiger Warrior series under the name M. Chan. She also started the group Bubble Tea Writers Network to support and encourage new British East and Southeast Asian writers in the UK and is a DVDebut Mentor with Diverse Voices Inc. When Maisie isn’t writing, she enjoys yoga, dim sum, and singing really loud. She has lived in the UK, US, and Taiwan. Originally from Birmingham, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow.