Great Wall Of Lucy Wu Flashcards
What book begins with the tale of an old man who lost his horse, a story that reminds us that something good may turn bad or vice versa?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“When I think back on it, I’d have to say that it all started with the Golden Lotus.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang.
The Golden Lotus is the fancy restaurant the Wu family went to for a family birthday.
“The chair farthest from the door is for the oldest person. Didn’t you know that?”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“You’re yellow on the outside, white on the inside. That’s what you are.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang.
Regina says this to Lucy to imply Lucy is “not Chinese enough.”
“Then, let’s just say that it’s really too bad you don’t speak Chinese better. You might have learned some important information tonight.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang.
Regina to Lucy after the dinner at the Golden Lotus, in which Yi Po coming was discussed but Lucy did not understand enough Chinese to know what was being said.
“When I was little, I thought my mom had a ton of sisters. But they weren’t my real aunts, they were just friends of my mom’s.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Suddenly, I put it all together. She was going to stay in my room.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Thanks a lot for including me in this life-changing decision.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“There was no decision to make,” Dad said. “She’s family. It’s an honor for us to have her come visit. End of story.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“But I love basketball. The day I got the hang of dribbling the ball through my legs counts as one of the best days of my life.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“I tried to give the ball one good thump, so Regina and the whole world would know I was still mad, but instead of bouncing high in the air, the ball hit an old shoe, flew back, and hit me in the knee. Even my own ball had turned against me.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“That feeling I get when I know the ball’s going in because everything has lined up perfectly is the greatest rush.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
In what book is there an important competition between students and teachers?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Kenny is a math genius. But he surprises, and upsets, his parents when he tells them he wants to study history, not engineering.
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
In what book is a visiting relative a long-lost sister to the main character’s beloved grandmother?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“But they never forgot. Your grandmother never forgot her sister.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“All I can say is, noodles were involved.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
In what book do dumplings make a birthday party a big success?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Yi Po made dumplings for Lucy and Madison’s birthday but Kenny ate them out of the freezer, so Yi Po and Lucy’s mother brought the ingredients to the party and the girls all made dumplings themselves.
“Now I just wished I could tear Dad’s trip in half. I wanted him to come home soon–but I didn’t want her to come with him.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Don’t be a frog at the bottom of the well”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“She always hogged the closet, took too long in the bathroom, and nagged me about cleaning up my half of the room. But I was going to miss her.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy, talking about Regina going away to college
“Then I pulled my desk to the middle of the room so that it stood between the two beds. For good measure, I dragged the bookcase until it was lined up next to the desk.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy making the wall between her bed and Yi Po’s before Yi Po arrived.
“Her hair looked like short gray wire and her entire outfit was made of navy blue padded cotton. She looked like a tumbling mat with hair.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy describing Yi Po when Lucy first saw her at the airport.
“As you may be aware, I had been conducting my search for the world’s most perfect bowl of noodles for some time now.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy’s dad describing how he found Yi Po
In what book is a long-lost relative discovered through a quest for a delicious food?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy’s dad searched for noodles that were as good as Lucy’s grandmother used to make.
“My room–or should I say, our room–now smelled like the main factory for Vicks VapoRub.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“You know how a really good friend, a great friend, always thinks you’re better than you actually are?”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
In this book, Halloween includes a double birthday party, shared by two friends.
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“My side was currently decorated in a style I called, ‘I Can’t Find My Math Homework.’”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“I hated to admit it, but the whole thing made me like her, just a little.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy, talking about Yi Po, after Lucy had moved the furniture between the two halves of the room to give herself more room and Yi Po had moved it back.
“I know this has been hard for you, but I think you might try to figure out what good things might come out of the situation as it is.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy’s mother, describing Lucy’s “chip on her shoulder” ever since Yi Po arrived.
In what book is a character bullied by another person writing a mean poem on the bathroom wall?
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Sloane writes about Lucy to intimidate her from trying out for basketball captain.
“Maybe she got into a lot of trouble. . . Maybe she’s lost and can’t read the signs.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy, worrying about Yi Po when Yi Po isn’t home after school one day.
In this book mah jong players help the main character win a competition.
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Yi Po’s friends bring cans to the canned food drive to help Lucy be chosen captain of the student basketball team.
“Even when I know how to say the words, I’m afraid I’m not going to say them right.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
In this book, two sisters are separated at a young age by an intolerant government causing people to flee a country.
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Describing Yi Po and Po Po
“They told her not to bother to cry, because no one cared about the tears of a girl.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Yi Po’s aunt and family when Yi Po cried as a child, missing her parents and sister.
“Even after two years, there were times when my grandmother’s death felt like a fresh cut.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“The whole party was becoming a mess wrapped in a disaster covered in a mistake.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy thought making dumplings at the birthday party would ruin the party, but instead it was the best birthday party Lucy and Madison ever had.
“Honey, I know that sometimes we go to Mamma Lucia’s for your birthday. . .”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Yi Po made Lucy’s birthday dinner, which was delicious and made Lucy remember her grandmother.
“They taste so good because you can taste how much love I put into them.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Why Po Po said her noddles were so good.
“You can’t force someone to become something they don’t want to be, can you?”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Kenny told his parents he wanted to study history, not math/engineering.
“She had lost so much–her family, her history, even her friends. How did she ever managed to smile or feel happy again?”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy wondering how Yi Po found happiness
“At the last second, though, something odd happened. The ball just fell away from the hoop, as if a giant invisible hand had slapped it away.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
Lucy’s bad dream of missing her free throw in the competition for basketball captain.
“Once I hated all the weird little noises she made and the smell of her Vicks VapoRub, but they had become comforting ways of letting me know she was there.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“I will think of you. I will miss you. We understood each other perfectly.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“When attractive people make faces like that, they look even uglier than normal people would.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“His hair looked like a black porcupine was attacking his head.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Instead of bouncing high in the air, the ball hit an old shoe, flew back, and hit me in the knee. Even my own ball had turned against me.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“He’s always reading one fat book or another, and when he’s not doing that, he’s losing things. . . I say it’s because he’s a space cadet, and I’m tired of helping him look for his jacket/keys/homework/right shoe before school.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“I wasn’t just not having the perfect year any more–it had become downright horrible.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Po Po never got to be friends with her sister.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Well, there goes a perfectly good dinner.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“For the first time in days, I forgot about Yi Po, Sloane, and messed-up birthday parties.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“But. . . Yi Po has been in the kitchen working on a special dish for you.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
“Now the desk and bookcase formed a wall between the two beds. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu.”
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
