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Reviewed on June 1, 2011 | Audio
Gr 8 Up—Cara Chow's debut novel (Egmont, 2010) is set in 1980s San Francisco where high school senior Frances struggles to please her Chinese-immigrant mother. There's plenty of tension because rigorous maternal expectations are sometimes punctuated with verbal and physical abuse. Will Frances fulfill her mother's plan by attending U.C. Berkeley and becoming a doctor, or will this top student turn to her newly discovered talent for public speaking? To avoid confrontation with her mo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
