Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
This fiction book chronicles a Chinese immigrant's growing up as she works in a sweat shop in Brooklyn while making outstanding grades at school. It's an amazing read because it's easy to forget that things like this still happen in our country.
The author immigrated from Hong Kong when she was 5 and worked along side her family in a clothing factory. She ended up attending a private high school and Harvard due to her good grades. I'm sure the novel is based on things she really experienced.
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