Tiger Daughter

ISBN-10: 0593649001
ISBN-13: 9780593649008
Author: Lim, Rebecca
Interest Level: 5-10
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: August 2024

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 192

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Interest Level

Grades 5-10

Reading Level

Lexile: 980L
Accelerated Reader Level: 6.0
Accelerated Reader Points: 6.0

BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism

JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents

Description
Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is an award-winning novel about finding your voice amidst the pressures of growing up in an immigrant home told from the perspective of a remarkable young Chinese girl. Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English and understands her in a way nobody has lately. Both of them dream of escaping and together they come up with a plan to take an entrance exam for a selective school far from home. But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen's resilience and tiger strength to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. Tiger Daughter is a coming-of-age novel that wil
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