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What Happened This Summer

by Paul Yee

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Description

This collection of short stories by Governor General's Award winning author Paul Yee takes readers into the lives of Chinese teens in Canada, who must deal with their cultural backgrounds as well as battle parents over schooling, careers and peer relationships. Like all teens, they grapple daily with issues around sexuality, religion and fitting in.

Themes: multicultural, Chinese-Canadian, immigration, conflict, teen issues, youth culture, short-stories

Reviews

“Yee's teens are not only credible; they will stick with readers just as Salinger's Glass family has.” KLIATT

“These intriguing, loosely linked short stories explore the lives of Chinese-Canadian teenagers as they navigate two worlds, struggling to meet their immigrant parents' expectations and to also live their own lives” School Library Journal

Author Biography

Paul Yee is one of Canada's finest writers for children. He was raised in Vancouver and now lives in Toronto. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature for Ghost Train.