Girl in Translation

Jean Kwok

Original title: Girl in translation

earliest edition we have, 2010 Perfection Learning, 2011 307 pages

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When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker at night. Disguising the difficult truths of her life -- like the extent of her poverty, the degree to which her family's future rests on her, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition -- Kimberly learns to...

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Girl in Translation edition · 2011 · Penguin Books, Limited · 304 pages · 9780141042749
Girl in translation edition · 2011 · Thorpe · 352 pages · 9781444807240
Girl in Translation edition · 2011 · Perfection Learning · 307 pages · 9781613831663
Girl in translation edition · 2010 · Center Point Pub. · 367 pages · 9781602858879

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