* WINNER OF THE JHALAK CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT PRIZE 2022
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2022
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2022
Eleven-year-old Danny Chung loves drawing more than anything - certainly more than maths, which, according to his dad and everyone else, is what he is 'supposed' to be good at. He also loves having his own room where he can draw in peace, so his life is turned upside down when a surprise that he's been promised turns out to be his little, wrinkly, ex-maths champion grandmother from China. What's worse, Nai Nai has to share his room, AND she takes the top bunk!
Nai Nai can't speak a word of English, which doesn't make things easy for Danny when he is charged with looking after her during his school holidays. Babysitting Nai Nai is NOT what he wants to be doing!
Before long though it becomes clear to Danny that there is more to Nai Nai than meets the eye, and that they have more in common that he thought possible ... Maisie Chan is a British-born Chinese author. Her debut novel Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths won the Branford Boase Award and the Jhalak Book Prize, and was also shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards and the Diverse Book Awards. She is also the author of Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu and Nate Yu's Blast from the Past. Maisie also writes the young fiction series Tiger Warrior and is one of the authors in the bestselling The Very Merry Murder Club anthology. She runs the Bubble Tea Writers Network that supports and encourages writers of East and Southeast Asian heritage in the UK. Originally from Birmingham, Maisie now lives with her family in Glasgow.
Instagram and Threads: @maisiechanwrites Blue Sky: @maisiechanwrites X @maisiewrites A warmhearted and funny novel about family, friends and finding your own voice Warmhearted, funny contemporary fiction for fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce, Onjali Rauf and David Solomons Illustrated with Danny's 'doodles' throughout, by Vietnamese illustrator Anh Cao A story that paints a vivid picture of life for a 21st century British-Chinese family, subverting stereotypes and addressing issues of prejudice, tolerance and cultural differences in a warm and accessible way DANNY CHUNG was inspired by the grandmother of a friend of the author's who came to the UK from China aged 92 unable to speak any English, and Maisie's own children's relationship with their Spanish grandmother The author has also drawn on her own childhood working a in Chinese takeaway and going to bingo halls with her mum - both of which feature strongly in the book
