American Panda Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Chao, Gloria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481499114 ISBN-13: 9781481499118 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural - Young Adult Fiction | Humorous - General - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2018456368 |
Lexile Measure: 780 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Weepingly funny." --The Wall Street Journal "Delightful." --BuzzFeed "Charmed my socks off." --David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Kids of Appetite and Mosquitoland Four starred reviews for this incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be a doctor and marry a Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer despite her squeamishness with germs and crush on a Japanese classmate. At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents' master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies. With everything her parents have sacrificed to make her cushy life a reality, Mei can't bring herself to tell them the truth--that she (1) hates germs, (2) falls asleep in biology lectures, and (3) has a crush on her classmate Darren Takahashi, who is decidedly not Taiwanese. But when Mei reconnects with her brother, Xing, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman, Mei starts to wonder if all the secrets are truly worth it. Can she find a way to be herself, whoever that is, before her web of lies unravels? From debut author Gloria Chao comes a hilarious, heartfelt tale of how, unlike the panda, life isn't always so black and white. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chao, Gloria: - Gloria Chao is the critically acclaimed author of American Panda and Our Wayward Fate. Her wayward journey to fiction included studying business at MIT, then becoming a dentist. Gloria was once a black belt in kung-fu and an avid dancer, but nowadays you can find her teaming up with her husband on the curling ice. Visit her tea-and-book-filled world at GloriaChao.Wordpress.com and find her on Twitter and Instagram @GloriacChao. |