The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

by Wai Chim

Book Overview

An authentic novel about growing up in an Asian immigrant family with a mother who is suffering from a debilitating mental illness.

Anna Chiu has her hands full. When she's not looking after her brother and sister or helping out at her father's restaurant, she's taking care of her mother, whose debilitating mental illness keeps her in bed most days. Her father's new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1338756311
• ISBN13: 9781338756319
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12