David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College

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David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College - Paperback

David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College - Paperback

by Ed Lin
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by Ed Lin (Author)

"A beautifully observed, hilariously truthful, uplifting coming-of-age story that captures the heart and humanity of a Chinese American male teenager." -David Henry Hwang

Shortlisted for CLMP Firecracker Award in Fiction, 2021

"You're not allowed to have a girlfriend until college," my mother warned. "And you'd better get into an Ivy League school!"

In David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College, novelist Ed Lin conjures up "a fast-paced, acid-tongued, hilarious teen drama for our age," says Marie Myung-Ok Lee, acclaimed author of Somebody's Daughter and Finding My Voice. Both playful and wryly observant, Ed Lin's YA-debut explores coming-of-age in the Asian diaspora while navigating relationships through race, class, and young love. David Tung, our nerd-hero, is a Chinese American high-school student who works in his family's restaurant, competes for top grades at his regular high school located in an upscale, Asian-majority New Jersey suburb, and attends weekend Chinese school in NYC's working-class Chinatown. While David faces parental pressures to get As and conform to cultural norms and expectations, he's caught up in the complicated world of high school love triangles--and amid these external pressures is the fear he will die alone, whether he gets into Harvard or not!
Number of Pages: 150
Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.2 x 4.7 IN
Publication Date: October 28, 2020
ISBN9781885030627
Author Ed Lin
PublisherKaya Press
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages150
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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