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Frances, a Chinese-American student in a competitive school in San Francisco in the 1980s, begins to question her mother's insistence that she becomes a doctor when she accidentally enrolls in a speech class and discovers a hidden talent. Frances, a Chinese American student in a competitive school in San Francisco in the 1980s, begins to question her mother's insistence that she become a doctor when she accidentally enrolls in a speech class and discovers a hidden talent.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2011Egmont USA · 309 pages · 9781606841266
- Other · English · 2011Scholastic · 309 pages · 9780545389617
Child abuseChinese AmericansJuvenile fictionFictionHigh schoolsSchoolsMothers and daughtersSelf-actualization (Psychology)