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Hapa Girl by May-lee Chai

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4.0

Chai skillfully weaves facts, memories, and experiences into her memoir of being a mixed-race Asian girl in a small - and racist - South Dakota town. The historical perspective of discrimination against Asian-Americans is excellent. Chai's recollections are also touching and interesting, but I couldn't give this book a perfect rating because bitterness still clouds many of her memories, so it ends up sounding very subjective.
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