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.

Olive Tran is turning ten! Now she can walk to school by herself and go to Kandy Korner whenever she wants. Finally!

But when Olive finds out Mrs. Ly was pushed on the street and her brother’s school friends had gross things thrown at them because they’re Asian, she starts to feel less safe. And why doesn’t her best friend Josh want to come to her birthday party at the trampoline park anymore?

Olive knows something is wrong, but she is determined to have fun at her party. If she shows kindness, maybe others will too. Every little bit counts!