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She’s also the one who gives Mimi the gift of the magical pastels. Miss O’Dell is an Irish-Australian that is a kind, calming, and somewhat enlightening presence throughout the story. Wishes she could be “normal.” To make matters worse, her father doesn’t want her to pursue her love of art, and she’s being bullied at school.Īnother prominent character is Mimi’s art teacher, Miss O’Dell. Her parents own an herbal shop and insist that Mimi be proud of her Chinese heritage, but Mimi just wishes she could blend in with everyone else. The story is about a Chinese-Australian named Mimi Lu. Of course, I’m in my thirties and really enjoyed it, so I’d say you could push that age limit out a bit, even if it is targeted to kids. As soon as I finished reading The Garden of Empress Cassiaby Gabrielle Wang, I was seriously tempted to turn back to the first page and read it all over again.īut I had appointments to keep and a review to write, so my rereading will have to wait.īefore delving into the story, let’s get the basic description out of the way: it’s a chapter book of 112 pages that’s suggested for elementary to middle school children between the ages of 8 and 12.
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