ACCESS DIGITIZED EDITION
Guide/Reviews Database
OLDER FICTION
Namioka, Lensey

An Ocean Apart, a World Away

197 pp. | Delacorte | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-385-73002-0 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-385-90053-8 $$17.99
(4) YA Yanyan can only realize her dream of becoming a doctor by leaving her native China and attending school in New York. Historical background concerning China during the 1920s is awkwardly inserted, as is Yanyan's attraction to dashing Baoshu, but this first-person account nicely details her longing for home, the racism she encounters, and her struggles to keep up with her studies.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

RELATED 

OLDER FICTION

What Beauty There Is
by Anderson, Cory
OLDER FICTION

Between Perfect and Real
by Stoeve, Ray
OLDER FICTION

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good
by Werlin, Nancy
OLDER FICTION

Home Is Not a Country
by Elhillo, Safia
OLDER FICTION

All Our Hidden Gifts
by O'Donoghue, Caroline
More

Get connected. Join our global community of more than 200,000 librarians and educators.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing.

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?