| What Happened This Summer Contributor(s): Yee, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1896580882 ISBN-13: 9781896580883 Publisher: Tradewind Books OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 Annotation: This New Collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee confronts the secret lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they battle with their parents over schooling, careers, sexuality, religion and integration into North American culture. Once again Paul Yee offers a rare glimpse into the conflicted world of Chinese youth, some of whom are locally born while others have recently immigrated from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Short Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Assimilation - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.6" W x 8.32" (0.55 lbs) 178 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111315 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee confronts the secret lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they battle with their parents over schooling, carreers, sexuality, religion and integration into North American culture. Once again Paul Yee offers a rare glimpse into the conflicted world of Chinese youth, some of whom are locally born, while others have recently immigrated from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yee, Paul: - Paul Yee is one of Canada's finest writers for children. He was raised in Vancouver and has worked in the archives at the Vancouver Museum. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature for Ghost Train. He now lives in Toronto. For more information, visit www.paulyee.ca. |