Yang Andrew - The Ping - Pong Queen Of Chinatown - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Perfect for fans of Ben Philippe and Mary H. K. Choi this charming insightful Y a novel follows two high school students who form a complicated ground - shifting bond while filming a movie. High school junior Felix Ma wants to prove to his parents that he's not a quitter. After crashing out of piano lessons and competitive ping - pong Felix starts a film club at his school in a last - ditch attempt to find a star extracurricular for his college applications. Then he meets Cassie Chow a bubbly high school senior who shares Felix's anxieties about the future and complicated relationship with parental expectations. Felix feels drawn to Cassie for reasons he can t quite articulate so as an excuse to see her more he invites Cassie to star in his short film. The project starts out as a lighthearted mockumentary. But at the urging of Felix's college admissions coach who wants to turn the film into essay material it soon morphs into a serious drama about the emotional scars that parents leave on their kids. As Felix and Cassie uncover their most painful memories Cassie starts to balk at opening her wounds for the camera. With his parents and college admissions coach hot on his heels Felix discovers painful truths about himself and his past and must decide whether pleasing his parents is worth losing his closest friend.
Title: The Ping - Pong Queen Of Chinatown
Author(s): Yang Andrew
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063340411
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/16/2024