The Garden Of Empress Cassia

The Garden of Empress Cassia by Gabrielle Wang

Reviewed by Tilly 9yrs. old - Tween Book Reviewer and Sometimes Writer

The Garden of Empress Cassia is about a girl called Mimi who lives in a smelly shop. Mimi's family was Chinese, so that made her half Chinese (she lives in Australia). Mimi loves to draw, but her dad did not like her to draw. One day her art teacher, Miss O'Dell, gave her some pastels: The Garden of Empress Cassia pastels. Then her life changed forever.

This book is good, I find that it needs the numbers of the chapters (I think it should have this because people like to know how many chapters in the book and how many they've read). But what I like about the book is there are great pictures and there are good names for the chapters, for instance, one of them is called Awakening the Dragon. Who doesn't like a dragon?

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The Lion Drummer

The Lion Drummer by Gabrielle Wang

Reviewed by Tilly 9yrs. old - Tween Book Reviewer and Sometimes Writer

The Lion Drummer is about a girl named Lulu.

She dreams that one day she will be a lion Drummer.

Lulu can't get a drum because she lives in a apartment and the people upstairs will hear her, even though they make a lot of noise.

Then the day of the Chinese dragon parade comes up and Lulu wished on Da Long the Dragon. She wishes that When she gets home she starts her school project all over again but this time it's not about the rhythm of the bees it's about the lion drummer.

One day Lulu goes to the grocery shop and asks the man where she can find the lion drummer (the man says the lion drummer's name is Master Li.) He takes her to this tunnel and then he told her that Master Li is in a gongfu school, so she goes to the school.

You'll have to read it to find out if Lulu gets to become the drummer.

I enjoyed this book, I liked the Chinese parade. It was nice and short, but it was a little bit too easy for me. I think younger kids would really love this book. I am looking forward to reading The Garden of Empress Cassia from Gabrielle Wang, because this book looks a bit thicker and has magic in it!

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