Snippets of a love story from nineteenth-century China (a retelling of the Chinese folktale The Butterfly Lovers) are interspersed with Ali’s narrative and intertwined with her fate. As Ali covertly digs into the why behind her mother’s disapproval, she uncovers secrets about her family and Chase that force her to question everything she thought she knew about life, love, and her unknowable future. Her passions include K-pop, anime, stationery supplies, and milk tea. She studied Korean history and creative writing as an undergrad at the University of California - San Diego and holds an MFA from Lesley University in Writing for Young People. Despite some initial resistance due to the “they belong together” whispers, Ali and Chase soon spark a chemistry rooted in competitive martial arts, joking in two languages, and, most importantly, pushing back against the discrimination they face.īut when Ali’s mom finds out about the relationship, she forces Ali to end it. Axie Oh is a first generation Korean American, born in NYC and raised in New Jersey. Her autopilot existence is disrupted when she finds out that Chase Yu, the new kid in school, is also Taiwanese. This means swapping her congee lunch for PB&Js, ignoring the clueless racism from her classmates and teachers, and keeping her mouth shut when people wrongly call her Allie instead of her actual name, pronounced Āh-lěe, after the mountain in Taiwan. Seventeen-year-old Ali Chu knows that as the only Asian person at her school in middle-of-nowhere Indiana, she must be bland as white toast to survive.
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