Bjorkman,
Lauren. Miss
Fortune Cookie. Macmillan/Henry Holt 2012 279p
$16.99 978-0-8050-8951-6 hs Realistic
Fiction VG
Erin and her best friends are seniors
at an exclusive public school in San Francisco.
Mei and Linny are Chinese but Erin is not. She was born in China to Caucasian parents and
believes that she is “Chinese on the inside.”
The girls are all waiting to hear which colleges have accepted them, with drastically
different attitudes. Mei’s mother
expects her only child to go to Harvard, but Mei is in love with a boy who will be
attending Stanford and she wants to go there. Linny
expects to go to Berkeley with Erin, but Erin has also been accepted to Harvard. Each girl must make the difficult decision
that will best suit her future. The
personal decisions and angst are leavened by the presence of Miss Fortune
Cookie, Erin’s anonymous alter ego, who dispenses advice and humor through her
blog, based on the power of those little slips of paper. The bond among the three girls and their families is a
strong one and, no matter where life takes them, they will always be together
in spirit. The writing is thoughtful,
yet not overladen with sentimentality, and will engage the reader with its
candor, vitality, and humor.
Chinese-Americans-Fiction --Susan Ogintz
1 comment:
Choosing a college/university is a major event in any young person's life. I find the idea of processing information through a blog foreign and fascinating. I look forward to reading this book!
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