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She loved reading as a kid

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the year of the rat was originaly gonna be a picture book

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HEr career started with a boom contest

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Grace Lin was born in May of 1974

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Some families grew upon her books

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she wanted to be in a the wizard of ozzzzzz
but decided not to because she realized she ASIAN

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She grew up as the only asian in her town in NYC as a kid

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Her first book was the ugly vegtables

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She often tried to forget she was Asian because she was the only one in her school that was Asian so she felt alone.

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I learned that Grace Lin often forgot that she was Asian and tried to pretend that she wasnt

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I learned that Grace Lin often forgot that she was Asian and tried to pretend that she wasnt

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Her first book was published in 1999.

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One thing I learned about Grace Lin is she used to feel left out as a child and began to want to forget she's Asian 

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One thing I learned about Grace Lin is she used to feel left out as a child and began to want to forget she's Asian 

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I learned that she entered in a book contest in her elementary school in 5th grade and won 4th place

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one thing I learned about grace lin was that her career of book creating started at an school activity        #Jayden

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one thing I learned about grace lin was that her career of book creating started at an school activity        #Jayden

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Grace lin has made over 20 books

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Grace Lin pretended not to be Asian just to fit in with her classmates

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she became a storyteller because she got fourth place in a contest in Elementary School.

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I learned she was the only Chinese Girl in her neighborhood and class.

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Grace Lins first book was "The Ugly Vegatables"

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Her husband died of cancer while she was writing a book for him