The Devil Wears Prada meets Far from the Tree in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yangs powerful love story about two teens searching for their place in the world.Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her moms, but for now shes an intern at her moms fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mothers business overnight while trying to figure out what happened with her dad in Beijing. He left before she was born, and Serene wants to find him, even if it means going against her moms one requestnever look back.Lian Chen moved from China to Serenes mostly white Southern California beach town a year ago. He doesnt fit in at school, where kids mispronounce his name. His parents dont care about what he wants to docomedyand push him toward going to MIT engineering early. Lian thinks theres nothing to stick around for until one day he starts a Chinese Club after school . . . and Serene walks in.Worlds apart in the high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian soon find refuge in each other, falling in love as they navigate life-changing storms.* Junior Library Guild Selection * A Common Sense Selection *

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14 years.

There are 416 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .