false 138047 4 Julia Song and her friend Patrick want to team up to win a blue ribbon at the state fair, but they can't agree on the perfect project. Then<br>Julia's mother suggests they raise silkworms as she did years ago in Korea. The optimistic twosome quickly realizes that raising silkworms is a lot tougher than they thought. And Julia never suspected that she'd be discussing the fate of her and Patrick's project with Ms. Park, the author of this book! 2568657 23 1 2007 Project Mulberry total:476|5:125|4:166|3:135|2:44|1:6| 476 1788 576 105 3 0 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 13 11:44:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:31:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 10:05:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:24:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 04:26:21 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 04:38:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 19:47:21 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 19:49:43 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Mar 07 08:50:48 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:57:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 20:09:20 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 12:43:35 -0700 2009 1
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Julia, a Korean-American seventh-grader, deals with a lot of issues common to Asians growing up in the United States. I immediately identified with some of her insecurities.

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Patrick, Julia's best friend, becomes her frie...more...]]> 2 0 false true Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 08:26:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 08:34:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 20:31:42 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 20:31:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 09:05:06 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 09:49:22 -0700 2008 I'm taking away a star because I just couldn't handle the chapter interludes of the author having conversations with the main character. I skipped them, but they still bugged me.

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