I enjoyed this story about Clara Lee, an 8 year old Korean American girl who lives with her parents, little sister and grandfather.  There are family and friendship themes, including conflicts that must be resolved along the way.  Clara Lee has a dream one night that her grandfather dies.  She is frightened and so tells him all about the dream the next day.  Grandfather assures her that in the Korean culture, a death dream is really a sign of a new start and can be very good luck.  Clara takes this as encouragement to sign up for the Little Miss Apple Pie competition, which she’s always longed for but been afraid.  The story takes you through the build up and results of the competition and all the story lines are neatly wrapped up by the end.  I enjoyed this peek into Korean American culture and the characters were delightful.  The inter-generational relationships were also meaningfully explored.  The AR test is level 3.8, 2 points which should be perfect for our target readers at school.  Bright and colorful cover art and darling sketch illustrations throughout the book also add to it’s appeal.