Song Lee in Room 2B [Hardcover]

Suzy Kline (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1993 | Series: Song Lee

Song Lee brings helpful insights to class from her native Korea, along with a few subtle but wild antics all her own.

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About the Author

Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous Horrible Harry books and four books about Song Lee, lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.

Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile (May 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670847720
• ISBN-13: 978-0670847723
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,487,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for ESL readers, entertaining and funny, September 29, 2011

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Shia Doggis (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song Lee in Room 2B (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading this book with my 5th grade daughter, who is in Japanese school, and thus only getting English input at home. "Song Lee" is a fairly easy read for her without being too babyish. The students are 2nd graders in the book but they could just as well be 4th or 5th graders. It was nice to have a character originally from another culture in Song Lee, who seems to have been born in Korea and emigrated to the USA fairly recently. As a child in a bicultural family, who looks a little different from her Japanese peers at school, I think my daughter appreciated the character of Song Lee. My only gripe is the rather sterotypical way in which Song Lee sometimes speaks--'Asian English' for want of a better word. However, it does show that she has come to the USA from another culture and is integrating. Her antics are amusing and show originality. Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Song Lee in Room 2B (Song Lee), November 16, 2008

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Darryl Bennett "Fuzzy342" (Columbus, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song Lee in Room 2B (Paperback)

Great book and series of books for the younger reader in the family. Also a great way to get that younger person interested in reading.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Horrible Harry!, February 10, 2005

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Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Song Lee in Room 2B (Paperback)

I think the Song Lee books are better than Horrible Harry. The stories are more balanced and entertaining. The other students are better drawn and Song Lee is a winning character.