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02463aam a22004334a 4500 001 B45E2E98D82111DFBD3B28C06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20200828010432 008 100520s2010 meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2010021032 020 $a 160285887X (library binding : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781602858879 (library binding : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)627701110 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d MPC $d LG@ $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 050 10 $a PS3611.W65 $b G57 2010b 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 22 100 1 $a Kwok, Jean. 245 1 $a Girl in translation $h [text (large print)] / $c Jean Kwok. 250 $a Center Point large print ed. 260 $a Thorndike : $b Center Point Pub., $c Maine. 2010. 300 $a 367 p. (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, Kimberly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker at night. Disguising the difficult truths of her life -- like the extent of her poverty, the degree to which her family's future rests on her, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition -- Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself between the worlds she straddles. Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to family, and their personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. In an indelible voice, Jean Kwok has written a classic novel of the immigrant experience -- a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation. (Bestseller) 650 0 $a Chinese $z New York $z New York $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women immigrants $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Chinese American teenagers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20220401012118.0 952 $l BWPD851 $d 20210714015720.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20201013051651.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20201013043723.0 952 $l DRPC413 $d 20180714022137.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202044815.0 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20110201010728.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B45E2E98D82111DFBD3B28C06AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b LG@Initiate Another SILO Locator Search