Midnight at the Dragon Cafe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781582431895)

The life of a young Chinese girl is torn apart by dark family secrets and divided loyalties in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Judy Fong Bates's fresh and engaging first novel is the story of Su-Jen Chou, a Chinese girl growing up the only daughter of an unhappy and isolated immigrant family in a small Ontario town in the 1950s. Through Su-Jen's eyes we see the hard life behind the scenes at the Dragon Caf, the local diner her family runs. Her half-brother Lee-Kung smolders under the responsibilities he must carry as the dutiful Chinese son. Her mother, beautiful but bitter, lays her hopes and dreams on Su-Jen's shoulders, until she turns to find solace in the most forbidden of places, while Su-Jen's elderly father strives to hek fuh, swallow bitterness, and save face at all costs.

Author: Judy Fong Bates
ISBN-10: 1582431892
ISBN-13: 9781582431895
Publisher: Black Balloon Publishing LLC DBA Counterpoint
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2005
Pages: 317
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.17h x 5.64w x 0.93d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 134658 / Midnight at the Dragon Cafe

Award: Alex Awards - Winner
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 04/15/2005 pg. 87
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2005 pg. 3
Booklist 02/01/2005 pg. 940
Publishers Weekly 02/07/2005 pg. 39
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 73
Kliatt 11/01/2005 pg. 12
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2006 pg. 11