Author: Tina Cane
Genre: verse novel/realistic fiction
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Summary (provided by publisher): After a year of distance-learning, Emily Sofer finds her world turned upside down: she has to leave the only school she's ever known to attend a public school in Chinatown. For the first time, Emily isn't the only Chinese student around...but looking like everyone else doesn't mean that understanding them will be easy--especially with an intimidating group of cool girls Emily calls The Five.
When Emily discovers that her adoptive parents have been keeping a secret, she feels even more uncertain about who she is. A chance discovery of Emily Dickinson's poetry helps her finally feel seen. . . but can the words of a writer from 200 years ago help her open up again, and find common ground with the Five?
My opinion: There's a lot going on in this book. Emily feels undefined. She's changed schools and doesn't feel like she belongs. She's realizing how different she is from her parents and how her background marks here as different. And she hasn't felt "normal" since the lockdown for the pandemic. She's looking for belonging and doesn't know how to find it. Her sense of isolation rings through every word as she tries to find herself through poetry.
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