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Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown, The

Andrew Yang

Ages: 14+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-334041-1

Keywords: Coming-of-Age-AAPI, Friendship, Competition, High school, Romance, School clubs, film making

Two Chinese American teens have a complex but growing friendship as they struggle with parental expectations and hopes for admission to expensive and highly selective colleges.