Bubble Trouble

Award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang brews a frothy and bright story, filled with humor and heart, about friendship, first crushes, and finding one's own way in Bubble Trouble. How many problems can a delicious cup of bubble tea cause? Plenty, if you're Chloe Chen. For starters, Chloe wants to go on the class trip to Broadway -- an expense Chloe's not sure she and her dad can afford since her mom passed away -- and those yummy cups of boba cost money. And then there's the fact that the incorrigible Henry Lee is the bobamaster at Tea Palace, and when he's not annoying Chloe, he's usually coming up with the perfect drink for every occasion. For Chloe, lover of neatness and control, the arrival of bubble tea is nothing but trouble! But bubble tea really wreaks havoc when Chloe finds herself banned from Tea Palace (for dumping boba on someone who really deserved it!). She comes up with the idea to make her own boba and sell it, with the help of her best friend Sabrina, her inventor dad and (whether she wants it or not) her rescue dog. Suddenly neatnik Chloe will have to contend with sticky drinks, the complications of running her own business and…maybe the messiness of admitting that she actually like-likes someone? Will Chloe be able to step out of the bubble she has built around herself and into an exciting new adventure to go along with her boba tea? Praise for The Secret Battle of Evan Pao: * "[A] well-paced and nuanced story." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review * "Shang's storytelling sensitively moves readers to be mindful of making assumptions and to consider ways to achieve meaningful reconciliation. Full of thoughtful prose and dialogue, Shang's timely story is full of realistic portrayals and powerful messages." -- Booklist, starred review Praise for Not Your All-American Girl, cowritten with Madelyn Rosenberg: A Tablet Magazine Best Book of the Year "A nearly pitch-perfect middle school exploration of race and friendship." -- Kirkus Reviews "Lauren's story is a sensitive and realistic portrayal of a girl who struggles to find her place in a community where very few people look like herellipsis this is a funny, tender, quick-moving story of family, friendship, identity, and music." -- School Library Journal "While focusing on serious themes (racism and prejudice), the overall tone remains light, and several scenes (including Lauren's disastrous attempt to lighten her black hair, resulting in orange stripes) will elicit laughter." -- Booklist Praise for This Is Just a Test, cowritten with Madelyn Rosenberg: 2017 Sydney Taylor Award -- Honor Book CBC Book of the Year Finalist 2017 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers New York Historical Society's Children's History Book Prize Finalist 2018 Young Adult Virginia Author Award Finalist "For a book about the possible end of the world, Rosenberg and Shang keep the tone surprisingly light. . . . The dialogue is snappy and the plot fast-paced." -- The New York Times Book Review * "It's refreshing to meet a male protagonist who, like Tara in Paula Freedman's My Basmati Bat Mitzvah, is struggling with how to be authentically Jewish in a bicultural family. . . . Giggle-inducing, light, and charmingly realistic fiction that will resonate with a wide variety of readers." -- School Library Journal, starred review "There's a lot to enjoy, but it's David's relationships with his two grandmothers that steal the show, especially when the rivals eventually unite to teach him he's not 'half of each' but 'all of both.' A nostalgic and heartwarming period coming-of-age comedy." -- Kirkus Reviews "A journey filled with humor, emotional depth, and important realizations about what it means to be a friend and to embrace multiple cultures. His struggle to make sense of the Cold War will resonate with readers grappling with a confusing political climate th