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Kimberly has her world turned upside-down when she moves with her mother from their home in Hong Kong to New York. Living in a vermin-ridden apartment in Brooklyn with only an oven to keep warm, their new home does not quite live up to their expectations. They have nothing but debt and neither of them speaks a word of English.
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Girl in translation, Jean Kwok
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Girl in translation
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jean Kwok
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0141042745
- ISBN13
- 9780141042749
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, USA, Children, Coming Of Age, China, Emigration
- Original title
- Girl in translation
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Kimberly has her world turned upside-down when she moves with her mother from their home in Hong Kong to New York. Living in a vermin-ridden apartment in Brooklyn with only an oven to keep warm, their new home does not quite live up to their expectations. They have nothing but debt and neither of them speaks a word of English.