SuitabookBelonging between cultures
Kanchana feels unable to fit in with her white peers and designs clothing reflecting both cultures.
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Pintip Dunn - Author
A contemporary coming-of-age story about cultural identity and belonging, it follows Kanchana’s creative attempt to unite her Thai and American identities amid family disapproval and complicated feelings about a new teenage housemate.
Struggling with a disapproving grandparent and her inability to fit in with her white peers, a Thai-American high school senior in a small Kansas community secretly designs a clothing line that reflects both cultures. Kanchana is a Thai-American high school senior in a small Kansas town. She struggles with a disapproving grandparent and her inability to fit in with her white peers. By secretly designing clothing that reflects both cultures, she creates something uniquely her own. When her mother agrees to provide a home for Shelly, a teenage girl, the girl seems to want everything Kanchana has-- even the boy she has a crush on. Just how far will Shelly go to belong?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA contemporary coming-of-age story about cultural identity and belonging, it follows Kanchana’s creative attempt to unite her Thai and American identities amid family disapproval and complicated feelings about a new teenage housemate.
Kanchana feels unable to fit in with her white peers and designs clothing reflecting both cultures.
Kanchana faces a disapproving grandparent while her mother agrees to house Shelly.
Shelly seems to want what Kanchana has, including the boy Kanchana has a crush on.
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