My Thoughts:
The newest Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Asian version (and without the pair of jeans). For Jia Lee, Ariel Kim, and Everett Hoang, this summer is supposed to be the first step to their future selves. Told in alternating first person narratives, each girl deals with secrets, heartbreaks and huge decisions. Although they are miles away from each other, their friendship, now mostly through group chat, weaves the solid bond between these girls from Queens, New York.
This is not a fluffy summer read. Each character deals with very difficult issues alone: grief, racism, obligation, and heartbreak. Although the three of them try to keep their struggles from each other and put up a cheerful front, what they find in the end is that their bond is unbreakable and that even physical distance cannot break their system of support. They have different talents and dreams, they are from different ethnic groups, and they go to different schools, but their friendship is the strong rope that lets them drift away and pulls them back together.
From the Publisher:
Best friends Jia Lee, Ariel Kim, and Everett Hoang are inseparable. But this summer, they won’t be together.
Everett, aspiring Broadway star, hopes to nab the lead role in an Ohio theater production, but soon realizes that talent and drive can only get her so far. Brainy Ariel is flying to San Francisco for a prestigious STEM scholarship, even though her heart is in South Korea, where her sister died last year. And stable, solid Jia will be home in Flushing, juggling her parents’ Chinatown restaurant, a cute new neighbor, and dreams for an uncertain future.
As the girls navigate heartbreaking surprises and shocking self-discoveries, they find that even though they’re physically apart, they are still mighty together.
Publication Information:
Author: E.L. Shen
Publisher: Quill Tree Books (June 6, 2023)
Multicultural Interest, Romance, Teens &YA
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