A review by mjsteimle
Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

2.0

2.5 stars. Mercy Wong is a smart, ambitious 15-year-old Chinese American citizen in 1906 San Francisco. She's determined to get a top education and start a global business, but there are many, many obstacles before her in a society that sees the Chinese (and all ethnic/racial minorities) as less than human. Yet through her intelligence and hard work she's able to gain admission to St. Clare's, a prestigious girls high school. And then an earthquake literally rocks her world. In many ways I really liked this book, but as the story went on the author asks the reader to suspend belief more and more. Mercy is too good (despite being something of a rule-breaker) and there are way too many coincidences. In the end I found the story too cloying.