Girl in translation
When 11-year-old Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life, like her secret love for a factory...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
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2010.
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| Summary: | When 11-year-old Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life, like her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition, Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles. |
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| Item Description: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 9:05:24. |
| Playing Time: | 09:05:24 |
| Format: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 130637 KB; MP3 file size: 256023 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780307736192 0307736199 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
