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

**Author:** Lenore Look
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–10
**First published:** 2008
**Page count:** 172
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780375839146`
**ISBN-10:** `0375839143`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

## Themes

- chinese americans

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2010-2011 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2010-2011 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2010-2011 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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