“The All-American Slurp” by Lensey Namioka is a story about a girl and her family who immigrated to America from China and have a hard time fitting in. They are very embarrassing at restaurants because they don’t exactly know American table manners, but they are starting to fit in. The story shows how the cultures are very different, but also very similar. The Lin family is from a Chinese heritage. They never have dessert, never eat raw veggies, speak Chinese, and zip their celery strings.”They were all staring at us as we pulled the strings out of our celery.” They slurp their soup as a sign of respect. Her family each had different approaches to learning english. Her dad has a scientific approach. Her mom tried to memorize lists of polite
