by Jean Kwok
Kim, age 11, and her widowed mother migrate to New York's Chinatown after tuberculosis leaves them destitute in Hong Kong. "Fitting in" for this "Mother and Cub" means more than being accepted in Chinatown. It means finding the resources for Kim to pursue her academic talents. They are forced to reexamine everything when Kim's teenage romance threatens her college hopes and her ambition threatens her mother's relationship with their immigration sponsors. It isn't until the very last chapter that you learn how much they both give up to "fit in."
Maria Ampulski, Adult Services
