Shanghai Messenger by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Ed Young [in AsianWeek]
29 Sep, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost
As eleven-year-old Xiao Mei’s is about to embark on a trip to Shanghai to visit extended family, her beloved grandmother tells her, “You are my messenger. Look everything. Remember.” As a Chinese American hapa,...
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