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April and the Dragon Lady

by Lensey Namioka · 1994

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April Chen is happily planning to go away to college, and she has a great new boyfriend, Steve. But as the only girl in her family, April is expected to take care of her grandmother. And Grandma, "the Dragon Lady," hates Steve and has other plans for April. Torn between her duty to her family and her desire for independence, April realizes she must find a way to define herself on her own terms.

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Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
raceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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