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Bitter Melon

Chow, Cara, 1972- Book - 2011 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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With the encouragement of one of her teachers, a Chinese American high school senior asserts herself against her demanding, old-school mother and carves out an identity for herself in late 1980s San Francisco.

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Dealing With Life submitted by me11yagn on August 26, 2019, 6:43pm Frances deals with the ups and downs in her life, while struggling to please her family. I think that this book was well written and offered a view o9f the lives of high school students and their goals.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Egmont USA, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 730

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781606841266
1606844121

SUBJECTS
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Child abuse -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.