The Many Meanings of Meilan (Hardcover)

Meilan Hua's world is made up of a few key ingredients: her family's beloved matriarch, Nai Nai; the bakery her parents, aunts, and uncles own and run in Boston's Chinatown; and her favorite Chinese fairy tales. After Nai Nai passes, the family has a falling-out that sends Meilan, her parents, and her grieving grandfather on the road in search of a new home. They take a winding path across the country before landing in Redbud, Ohio. Everything in Redbud is the opposite of Chinatown, and Meilan's not quite sure who she is - being renamed at school only makes it worse. She decides she is many Meilans, each inspired by a different Chinese character with the same pronunciation as her name. Sometimes she is Mist, cooling and invisible; other times, she's Basket, carrying her parents' hopes and dreams and her guilt of not living up to them; and occasionally she is bright Blue, the way she feels around her new friend Logan. Meilan keeps her facets separate until an injustice at school shows her the power of bringing her many selves together.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Young Readers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2021
Authors:	Andrea Wang
Dimensions:	217 x 149 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-593-11128-4
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Science fiction Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > School stories Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Science Fiction Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > School Stories Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General
LSN:	0-593-11128-1
Barcode:	9780593111284

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