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Crossing
Andrew Xia Fukuda
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Description for Crossing
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A loner in his all-white high school, Chinese-born Xing (pronounced “Shing”) is a wallflower longing for acceptance. His isolation is intensified by his increasingly awkward and undeniable crush on his only friend, the beautiful and brilliant Naomi Lee. Xing’s quiet adolescent existence is rattled when a series of disappearances rock his high school and fear ripples through the blue collar community in which he lives. Amidst the chaos surrounding him, only Xing, alone on the sidelines of life, takes notice of some peculiar sightings around town. He begins to investigate with the hope that if he can help ... Read more
A loner in his all-white high school, Chinese-born Xing (pronounced “Shing”) is a wallflower longing for acceptance. His isolation is intensified by his increasingly awkward and undeniable crush on his only friend, the beautiful and brilliant Naomi Lee. Xing’s quiet adolescent existence is rattled when a series of disappearances rock his high school and fear ripples through the blue collar community in which he lives. Amidst the chaos surrounding him, only Xing, alone on the sidelines of life, takes notice of some peculiar sightings around town. He begins to investigate with the hope that if he can help ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9781935597032
SKU
V9781935597032
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Andrew Xia Fukuda
Born in Manhattan and raised in Hong Kong, Andrew Fukuda is half-Chinese, half-Japanese. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University and went on to work in Manhattan’s Chinatown with immigrant teenagers for a number of years, an experience that led to the genesis of Crossing. He is a winner of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association’s Award for ... Read more
Reviews for Crossing
“[There’s] only one word to describe this stunning debut novel: Wow." —Many Ly, author of Roots and Wings, winner of the 2009 Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature