David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College
No Customer Reviews
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
"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 notFormat:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1885030622
ISBN13:9781885030627
Release Date:October 2020
Publisher:Kaya Press
Length:150 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 4.7" x 7.2"
Age Range:14 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
Customer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
