A review by pkadams
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord

2.0

Included in 100 Best Books for Children I expected this award-winning story of a Chinese immigrant growing up in post-war America to be captivating and interesting. Instead we all found it to be plodding and meandering with arcane colloquialism that were awkward. Like many books written more than 10 years ago, the plot moves at a pace too slow for children. They aren't captivated and are often left asking the question,"So?"