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Private Label
Kelly Yang
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-294110-7
Keywords: Racism, AAPI, Inequality, Microagressions, Class, Cancer, Terminal illness, Mothers and daughters, Mothers and sons, Sexual exploitation, Sexual relations, Romantic relationships
Two Chinese American teens in California, one from a traditional background, the other assimilated to the point of cultural erasure, navigate complex relationships with their parents and peers.