Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

The main character in this chapter book for young readers, Alvin Ho, a Chinese-American second-grader, is afraid of everything — especially school — and gets in trouble a lot. Publishers Weekly said the author’s “intuitive grasp of children’s emotions is rivaled only by her flair for comic exaggeration.” Look also is the author of the Ruby Lu chapter-book series.