Welcome to the Golden Palace!

Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota. . .until now. Her moms plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her grandfather gets better. But plans change, and as Maizy spends more time in Last Chance and at the Golden Palacethe restaurant thats been in her family for generationsshe makes some discoveries.

But the more Maizy discovers, the more questions she has. Like, why are her mom and her grandmother always fighting? Who are the people in the photographs on the office wall? And when she discovers that a beloved family treasure has gone missingand someone has left a racist noteMaizy decides its time to find the answers.

Lisa Yees debut novel,Millicent Min, Girl Genius,won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Her other novels for young people, with nearly two million copies in print, includeStanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, So Totally Emily Ebers, Absolutely Maybe,and two books about a fourth grader,Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)andBobby the Brave (Sometimes).Lisa is also the author of American GirlsKananibooks andGood Luck, Ivy.Her novelWarp Speedis about aStar Trekgeek who gets beat up every day at school. Lisa is a former Thurber House Childrens writer-in-residence whose books have been chosen as an NPR Best Summer Read, aSports IllustratedKids Hot Summer Read, and aUSA TodayCritics Top Pick.

• Publisher: Yearling (April 4, 2023)
• Language:English
• Paperback: 288 pages
• ISBN-10: 1984830279
• ISBN-13: 9781984830272
• Reading age: 8 – 12 years
• Grade level: 3 – 7
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Dimensions: 5.19 x 0.66 x 7.63 inches