Maizy Chen was a hard-to-believe 11-year-old protagonist. She was just a little too mature, a little too smart, a little too good at fixing all the problems, a little too kind to everyone who was feeling left out. It sort of felt like she single-handedly fixed all of her family's relationships, repaired her grandpa's closest friendship, kept the family's restaurant in business, discovered everything about her family's ancestry, brought all the Chinese Americans in America together AND she did this all on summer vacation in a place she's never been!
Don't get me wrong; Maizy was awesome! Just not very realistic. The book was entertaining and I loved her grandpa's family history stories. Now I want to go cook some Chinese food . . . or at least eat some.
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