The Quail Club

Name: The Quail Club
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Carolyn Marsden
ISBN: 9781611066395

Author: Carolyn Marsden

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 1 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio

Published: 06/14/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Oy lives in America now, but she loves to go to the back room of Pak's auto shop on Saturdays to learn traditional Thai dances. She loves it almost as much as being a member of the Quail Club—five friends who gather after school to hatch and care for baby quail. When the teacher announces a talent show, Oy knows how proud her family and Pak would be to see her step onstage in her beautiful gold-threaded dress from Thailand. But bossy Liliandra vows to kick her out of the Quail Club if she won't team up for a very different kind of dance. Someone will be disappointed. But who?Like The Gold-Threaded Dress, Carolyn Marsden's acclaimed first novel, this sensitive and finely crafted sequel explores what it takes to be a true friend, and still be true to yourself.

About Carolyn Marsden

Carolyn Marsden is the author of numerous books for younger readers. She has an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica

Still a good read but not as good as The Gold-Threaded Dress. It still gives good reflections on how tough it is to assimilate into a new place with clashing cultures. This book also has glossary in the back for the new Thai words used in the book, which I found lacking in The Gold-Threaded Dress. I......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

I purchased this book at a liquidation store in town, as they were clearing it out for 50% off the last ticketed price. I am always looking for good, quick reads, so I picked this one up. Synopsis: Oy lives in America now, but she loves to go to the back room of Pak's auto shop on Saturdays to learn......more

Goodreads review by Latricia

A companion to the Gold-Threaded Dress, but I would not call it a sequal. I never got around to reading Gold-Threaded Dress and had no problem sinking right into Quail Club. It's set two years after Gold-threaded Dress and Oy is in 5th grade. She and three other girls have formed a club which watche......more