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By Kwok, Jean2010., Riverhead Books Call No: Teen Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.
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By Kwok, Jean2010., Riverhead Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC KWOK Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.
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By Kwok, Jean2011., Riverhead Books Call No: Realistic FIC Kwok Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: When eleven-year-old Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate to New York from Hong Kong, they hope for a better life but end up barely surviving working in a Chinatown sweatshop. Kim decides that school success is her ticket to a better life but, when she falls for a boy at the factory, she is torn between him and her dream of a better life.
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By Yang, Kelly[2022]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: ROMANCE F YAN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom's, but for now she's an intern at her mom's fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mother's business overnight while trying to figure out what happened with her dad in Beijing. He left before she was born, and Serene wants to find him, even if it means going against her mom's one request-never look back. Lian Chen moved from China to Serene's mostly white Southern California beach town a year ago. He doesn't fit in at school, where kids mispronounce his name. His parents don't care about what he wants to do-comedy-and push him toward going to MIT engineering early. Lian thinks there's nothing to stick around for until one day he starts a Chinese Club after school...and Serene walks in. Worlds apart in the high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian soon find refuge in each other, falling in love as they navigate life-changing storms"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Yang, KellyAdolescent Call No: Realistic FIC YANG Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Worlds apart in their high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian Chen find refuge in one another.