Parachutes
Title
:
Parachutes
Personal Author EPSB
:
Kelly, Yang
Summary
:
They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the US while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she'd be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.
Year Published
:
2020-2021
Physical Description
:
476 pages ; 22 cm
Awards
:
2023 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee
Subject
:
Chinese students -- Foreign countries -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction
Host families of foreign students -- Fiction
Private schools -- Fiction
Schools -- Fiction
Sexual abuse -- Fiction
Geographic Term
:
California -- Fiction
Shanghai (China) -- Fiction
Summary
:
They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the US while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she'd be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.
ISBN
:
9780062941084
9780062941091
Publisher
:
New York, New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher, 2020.
New York, New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
©2020
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| D.S. MacKenzie | F YAN | Book | 30522000378031 | Realistic Fiction |