Katie Goes to Kl

By Su-May Tan

A coming-of-age tale of love and cultural reconnection set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive Malaysian father. Coming to Australia when she was 5 and losing her mother at 7, she has always struggled with issues of identity. One day, she goes back to Malaysia for her grandmother's funeral and discovers that her mother - long-thought-dead - is alive. Set in a fictionalised Kuala Lumpur (KL), Katie struggles to reconnect with her mother whom she discovers is Malay. Navigating KL's underground music scene and the underlying tensions of a country she doesn't understand, how far is Katie willing to go to find a place to belong?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9815127810
• ISBN13: 9789815127812
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 3 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool