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During senior year, Korean American high‑schooler Ellen Sung faces the weight of classmates’ prejudice and her parents’ insistence on high grades as she wrestles with the difficult choice of which college to attend. The story captures the challenges of identity, family pressure, and academic ambition.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Marie G. Lee
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