Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All: (A Newbery Honor Book)

Ten-year-old Magnolia Wu spends her afternoons in her parents’ Chinatown laundromat rescuing the single socks that emerge from the dryers. Convinced that every sock has a story, she opens a "Sock Detective Agency" with her buttoned-up neighbor Iris Ott. Their mission—return each lonely sock to its rightful owner—sends the girls on a series of small but meaningful adventures through their San Francisco neighborhood. As they meet bakers, grocers, mah-jong players, skateboarders, and tourists, Magnolia begins to see how many hidden connections hold her community together and how she herself fits into it. Along the way, she learns to balance bold imagination with real-world listening, helping friends (and socks) find where they truly belong.