Greg’s mom calls a family meeting to determine what to do with their share, proposing home improvements and then overruling the family’s cartoonish wish lists and instead pushing for an addition to the kitchen. When Great Aunt Reba dies, she leaves some money to the family. The Heffley family’s house undergoes a disastrous attempt at home improvement. This funny, charismatic heroine will capture her readers’ hearts Crawford-White’s charming doodle illustrations along the margins reflects Dara’s inner monologues throughout the book. With the help of her friends and family, Dara writes a play about her own life-in which a Cambodian-British girl can be the star. With the support of her ginger-haired older brother Felix, she reluctantly joins an after-school drama class. She feels compelled to choose sides when her friend Vanna, another Cambodian adoptee, invites Dara to visit their orphanage together. A classmate taunts her Asian heritage, calling her “noodlehead,” yet she has no memories of her 18 months in the orphanage. Her younger sister, Georgia, who was adopted from Russia, looks more like their British parents than Dara does.
Dreams crushed, Dara struggles for a sense of belonging. Her dark brown skin and brown hair don’t look the part of Austrian nun. When she fails to land a role, she’s thinks it’s because she was adopted from Cambodia. Dara knows she’s perfect for the lead role in her school’s production of The Sound of Music. A fifth-grader who dreams of becoming a famous actor cannot find role models that reflect her Cambodian background.įollowing Dream On, Amber (2015), Shevah returns with another book, this time deftly navigating the complexity of being a transracial adoptee.
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