Product Description: In this sequel to Year of the Dog, Pacy has another big year in store for her. The Year of the Dog was a very lucky year: she met her best friend Melody and discovered her true talents. However, the Year of the Rat brings big changes: Pacy must deal with Melody moving to California, find the courage to forge on with her dream of becoming a writer and illustrator, and learn to face some of her own flaws...read more

Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.

As Pacy celebrates the Chinese Year of the Dog with her family, she finds out that this is the year she is supposed to 'find herself,' in a debut novel that addresses the universal themes of friendship, family, and finding one's passion in life. Reprint.