What Happened this Summer

by Paul Yee

tagged: short stories, friendship, assimilation

Description

This new collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee confronts the secret lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they battle with their parents over schooling, carreers, sexuality, religion and integration into North American culture. Once again Paul Yee offers a rare glimpse into the conflicted world of Chinese youth, some of whom are locally born, while others have recently immigrated from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

About the Author

Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan but grew up in Vancouver's Chinatown. He is the author of nearly thirty books, including the Governor General's Award-winning Ghost Train as well as Saltwater City: An Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver, winner of the Vancouver Book Award. His most recent children's book is Chinese Fairy Tale Feasts (Tradewind Books); his new novel, A Superior Man (Arsenal Pulp Press), is his first written for an adult audience. He lives in Toronto.

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Age:: 12 to 18
Grade:: 8 to 12
Reading age:: 12 to 18

Editorial Reviews

“This collection of nine short stories addresses the experience of today's immigrant Chinese youth coming of age in Canada.”

— Booklist

“These stories offer a varied, thought-provoking picture of a community Yee has long profiled.”

— Toronto Star

"Every teen of Chinese ancestry will identify with the characters and situations here. These stories will definitely serve the Asian-American (or Canadian) students in our high schools, and other students may come away with a better understanding of Asian-American students after reading this. Highly Recommended."

— Library Media Connection

“Yee's teens are not only credible; they will stick with readers just as Salinger's Glass family has.”

— Kliatt

What Happened this Summer

by Paul Yee

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