The Many Masks of Andy Zhou

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Thoughtful,  creative, and brave sixth grader Andy Zhou faces big changes at school and at home in this new novel by the award-winning author of See You in the Cosmos.

Andy Zhou is used to being what people need him to be: the good kid for his parents and now grandparents visiting from Shanghai, or the helpful sidekick to his best friend Cindy’s rebellious plans and schemes. So when Cindy decides they should try out for Movement at school on the first day of sixth grade, how can Andy say no? But between feeling out of place with the dancers, being hassled by his new science partner Jameel, and sensing tension between his dad and grandfather about his grandpa’s health, Andy feels all kinds of weird.

Then, over anime, Hi-Chews, and Andy’s iguana-inspired artwork, things shift between Andy and Jameel, opening up new doors—and also new complications.

No matter how much Andy cares about his friends and family, it’s hard not to feel pulled between all the ways he’s meant to be, all the different faces he wears, and harder still to figure out if any of these masks is the real him.Jack Cheng was born in Shanghai, raised in Michigan, and lived in Brooklyn for a decade before settling in Detroit. His debut middle grade novel, See You in the Cosmos, is winner of the Golden Kite Award and the Great Lakes Great Reads Award for Best Middle Grade Fiction. Jack volunteers with 826michigan on in-class writing projects in Detroit public schools and is a 2019 Kresge Artist Fellow.CA