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“Engaging, clever, and adventurous.”
Reading age
8-12
Genre
Realistic fiction
Publisher
Clear Fork Media Group LLC
Publication date
April 5, 2022
My brief summary of the book
Ellie loves her home in Los Angeles with her friend Cat and her softball team. Suddenly, out of the blue, Black Turtle Group, a Hong Kong-based company wants to uproot Ellie’s father’s company named Avabrand. Ellie doesn’t want to move, and she needs a plan to stop this from happening. Luckily, Ellie’s mother is going on a trip to Hong Kong, so Ellie pleads with her mother to let her go. Her mother agrees if only Ellie’s brother Kipp goes too.
Can Ellie and her brother visit the city and save dad’s company in only four days?
My thoughts
This is one of the best realistic fiction books I’ve read. I felt connected with Ellie as I live in a multicultural family, too, and we moved a lot around the United States. I learned a few Chinese words and history in this book. I was surprised to learn that Hong Kong had been a British colony. The book was undoubtedly engaging. It was fun to follow Ellie throughout her journey in Hong Kong, with her slang and elder sisterly knowledge.
Overall, a great story with a lot of humor between siblings, challenges, and a mystery to solve.
My rating
About the author
“LEE Y. MIAO grew up in a small Pennsylvania town with a library to die for. Before writing K–12 educational materials and middle-grade fiction, she worked in the financial industry. Lee lives in New York with her family and a tireless dog.” – Amazon.
