Lupe Wong Won't Dance Explained

Isbn Note:Hardcover edition
Isbn:9781646140039
Pages:272
Media Type:Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook
Release Date:September 8, 2020
Publisher:Levine Querido, Arthur A. Levine
Genre:Middle-grade fiction
Lupe Wong Won't Dance
Language:English, Spanish
Country:United States
Author:Donna Barba Higuera
Awards:Pura Belpre Award honor

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

Plot

Guadalupe "Lupe" Wong is a half-Chinese, half-Mexican seventh grade student at Issaquah Middle School who 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'll have to square dance in gym class to earn an A.

Reception

Lupe Wong Won't Dance is a Junior Library Guild book.[6] It received many positive reviews, including starred reviews from Booklist[7] and Publishers Weekly.

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."[8]

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."[9]

Awards and honors for Lupe Wong Won't Dance!Year!Award/Honor!Result!Ref.
2020ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection[10] [11]
Booklist Editors' Choice

Books for Youth

Selection[12]
2021Booklist's Best Middle-Grade DebutsTop 10[13]
Booklist's Best Sports Books for YouthTop 10[14]
PNBA Book AwardWinner[15]
Pura Belpré Award for AuthorHonor[16] [17]
Sid Fleischman Humor AwardWinner[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lupe Wong no baila (Lupe Wong Won't Dance) by Donna Barba Higuera. 2022-01-31. Junior Library Guild.
  2. Web site: Morales. Macey. 2021-01-25. ALA announces 2021 Youth Media Awards. 2022-01-31. American Library Association. en.
  3. Web site: Morales. Macey. 2022-01-24. Raúl Gonzalez, Donna Barba Higuera and Raquel Vasquez Gilliland win Pura Belpré Awards. 2022-01-31. American Library Association. en.
  4. Web site: 2021 Book Awards. 2022-01-31. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. en.
  5. Web site: Children's Book Review: Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera. Levine Querido, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-64614-003-9. 2022-01-31. Publishers Weekly. en.
  6. Web site: Lupe Wong no baila (Lupe Wong Won't Dance) by Donna Barba Higuera. 2022-01-31. Junior Library Guild.
  7. Web site: Paz. Selenia. 2020-09-01. Lupe Wong Won't Dance. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  8. Web site: 2020-06-16. Lupe Wong Won't Dance. 2022-01-31. Kirkus Reviews.
  9. Web site: Paz. Selenia. 2020-09-01. Lupe Wong Won't Dance. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  10. Web site: 2021-03-15. Notable Children's Books: 2021. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  11. Web site: Schulte-Cooper. Laura. 2021-03-30. ALSC names 2021 Notable Children's Books. 2022-01-31. American Library Association. en.
  12. Web site: 2021-01-01. Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2020. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  13. Web site: Khuri. Ronny. 2021-04-15. Top 10 Middle-Grade Debuts: 2021. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  14. Web site: Khuri. Ronny. 2021-09-01. Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2021. 2022-01-31. Booklist.
  15. Web site: 2021 Book Awards. 2022-01-31. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. en.
  16. Web site: Morales. Macey. 2021-01-25. ALA announces 2021 Youth Media Awards. 2022-01-31. American Library Association. en.
  17. Web site: Morales. Macey. 2022-01-24. Raúl Gonzalez, Donna Barba Higuera and Raquel Vasquez Gilliland win Pura Belpré Awards. 2022-01-31. American Library Association. en.
  18. Web site: 2021 Golden Kite Award Winners and Honor Recipients Announced. 2022-01-31. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. en-US.

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