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"San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare's School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare's is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong--until disaster strikes. On April 18, an historic earthquake rocks San Francisco, destroying Mercy's home and school. With martial law in effect, she is forced to wait with her classmates for their families in a temporary park encampment. Mercy can't sit by while they wait for the Army to bring help. Fires might rage, and the city may be in shambles, yet Mercy still has the ""bossy"" cheeks that mark her as someone who gets things done. But what can one teenage girl do to heal so many suffering in her broken city?"

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Propelled by a feisty and fabulous heroine, Lee's sophomore novel is powerful, evocative, and thought-provoking.-- Kirkus Starred Review Fans of Lee's debut, Under a Painted Sky, will find this follow-up equally compelling. In Mercy Wong, readers have a strong, capable woman who is making the best of a truly difficult situation. Amidst a powerful narrative and lovely portraits of friendships, Lee manages to familiarize an era in history that many readers may not have had much knowledge of beforehand. -- RT Book Reviews (4 stars)

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"Stacey Lee is an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of historical and contemporary young adult fiction. Her books have been selected for the Amelia Bloomer list for feminist fiction, the as well as the YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults List, and the New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens. A native of southern California and fourth-generation Chinese American, she is a founder of the We Need Diverse Books movement and writes stories for all kids (even the ones who look like adults). Find her on Instagram and Twitter. Emily Woo Zeller began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. She returned to the United States in 2009 and found a natural fit as an audiobook narrator. Described by AudioFile magazine as doing ""an extraordinary job of varying the voices in the dialogue without losing the intimacy of the story,"" Emily's multilingual, multicultural framework brings a particularly unique, clear-eyed, and intimate perspective into Asian American narratives. While she specializes in Asian American narratives, Emily's work spans a broad spectrum, including young adult fiction and such titles as The Whites of Their Eyes by Jill Lepore and The Sex Diaries Project by Arianne Cohen. She also narrated Gulp by Mary Roach, for which she won an AudioFile Earphones Award."

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