Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Subject: A look into the life of a young Taiwanese-American girl
For me, this book was absolutely charming. It's told from the perspective of Grace (also known as Pacy), a young girl struggling to understand who she is withing a Taiwanese-American family and a much less understanding American society. Readers get to experience things for the first time just as Grace experiences them, and because of that, we are able to grow in our understanding as well. The story is overall lighthearted with a few more serious incidents to balance it out. There are occasional illustrations done by Lin that emphasize the quality of this book. This would be a good read for just about anybody, from young childhood and up, who is trying to better understand life in a multicultural society.
