Reader: Elise S
Age: 14
Title: Paper Daughter
Author: Jeanette Ingold
Publisher: Harcourt
Pub Date: April 2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes
Annotation: When Maggie Chen begins her newspaper internship after her journalist father's death, she uncovers a web of secrecy, leading back to the Chinese Exclusion Era, and dirtying her father's memory. Maggie begins a search for the truth about her family, leading her all around Seattle, and causing her to question who she always assumed she was.
Recommend: Yes
Convince us to read the book: This book has an engaging plot, it keeps you wondering about the choices of various characters. The protagonist is well thought out and relate-able. There's the perfect balance between confusion, human depth, and hope. The research all seems very accurate, and I learned more Chinese immigration.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: Watching the dual plot told in snippets of the past, and narration of the present, and seeing how that wove together was the best part. It was masterfully done.
Comments: It was refreshing to read a realistic fiction book that didn't center around a romantic relationship.
Cover: The cover really interested me. I don't see a lot of covers with a Chinese feel to it, and it tied into the book well. The print and the buildings. It was beautiful.
Did you finish: Yes
Age Range: Under 12, 12-17
Quality: 5Q Hard to imagine a better book
Popularity: 4P Broad general teen appeal
Age: 14
Title: Paper Daughter
Author: Jeanette Ingold
Publisher: Harcourt
Pub Date: April 2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes
Annotation: When Maggie Chen begins her newspaper internship after her journalist father's death, she uncovers a web of secrecy, leading back to the Chinese Exclusion Era, and dirtying her father's memory. Maggie begins a search for the truth about her family, leading her all around Seattle, and causing her to question who she always assumed she was.
Recommend: Yes
Convince us to read the book: This book has an engaging plot, it keeps you wondering about the choices of various characters. The protagonist is well thought out and relate-able. There's the perfect balance between confusion, human depth, and hope. The research all seems very accurate, and I learned more Chinese immigration.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: Watching the dual plot told in snippets of the past, and narration of the present, and seeing how that wove together was the best part. It was masterfully done.
Comments: It was refreshing to read a realistic fiction book that didn't center around a romantic relationship.
Cover: The cover really interested me. I don't see a lot of covers with a Chinese feel to it, and it tied into the book well. The print and the buildings. It was beautiful.
Did you finish: Yes
Age Range: Under 12, 12-17
Quality: 5Q Hard to imagine a better book
Popularity: 4P Broad general teen appeal
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