by Bette Bao Lord, slides by Kaitlyn

Shirley temple wong learned that she was going to the United States to be with her dad

SHE GOES TO A STORE TO GET CIGARETS FOR HER DAD AND SHE GETS LOST

SHE GOES TO SCHOOL AND AT LUNCH INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE CAFETERIA SHE GOES TO A CONVENIENT STORE WITH HER FRIENDS

HER DAD GETS HER A PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES AND SHE KEEPS FALLING DOWN AND KEEPS GETTING SCRAPED UP.

She learns how to play stickball with the other kids

Mrs.Rappaport gives a speech about baseball and Shirley feels super inspired

Senora makes plans to go see her daughter and Shirley offers to help look after the building

They redo part of the building and Shirley learns lots of handy work

Makes friends with the new girl Emily

The Dodgers lose the World Series to the Yankees and everyones very upset

Shirley begins to become more Americanized and they almost forget about Chinese New Year

Shirley gets to meet the world famous Jackie Robinson!