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The Downstairs Girl
by Stacey Lee
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-4095-5
Keywords: Chinese Americans, Prejudice, Segregation
A Chinese American girl in 1890's Atlanta faces prejudice while working both as a maid and an anonymous newspaper advice columnist.