Key Selling Points: The first in a new series of chapter books that follow the lovable Olive Tran through her grade four year. Kids in grades 1-4 will relate to Olive's excitement for her 10th birthday and her thirst for independence, her love of family, and her love of candy/overall love of yummy foods! They will also relate to her conflicts with friends, and some will see their own experiences with racism reflected here. Author Phuong Truong took the idea for the series from her debut picture book Everyone is Welcome. It dealt with Anti-Asian racism and was a Bookstagram Picture Book Awards winner. A multi-generation story, Olive turns to her family for support: listening to her mother and brother's stories of racism and her Bà Nôi's (grandma's) journey from Vietnam as a refugee. Anti-Asian hate received a lot of media attention after Covid, but there are few books like this that encourage children to confront it and be supportive of each other. Delightful spot illustrations by Christine Wei, the illustrator for Everyone is Welcome, help bring the story to life.