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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2016 | Young Adult
Gr 7 Up—Mercy is ambitious: she wants to own her own tea importing business, but the options for a young Chinese American girl in San Francisco in 1906 are severely limited. Mercy uses her cunning and business sense to bribe her way into St. Clare's, an elite school for girls. Not long after her arrival, the teen finds out that she will be learning comportment, not business. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
In 1906 San Francisco, Mercy, daughter of Chinese immigrants, finagles her way into a fancy girls' school. But St. Clare's is no acade...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
