This Place is Still Beautiful
$20.32
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2022
Summary
Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.
Annalie and Margaret are sisters who agree on only one thing- that they have nothing in common.
Annalie is seventeen- sweet, content, and looking forward to a summer of flirting with the most popular boy in school. Margaret is nineteen- ambitious, a warrior for social justice, and desperate to forget her ex-boyfriend in New York City.
When their family is the victim of a r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241532614 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241532612 |
| Author: | XiXi Tian |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2022 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
This assured YA debut interweaves uncompromising truths about prejudice, identity and belonging with sweet, heady romance and a nuanced depiction of sisterhood. * Guardian, best new children’s books *An impressive first novel * Booklist *This book made me feel seen in a way that very few books ever have. * Misa Sugiura, author of This Time Will Be Different *[A]n exciting new voice in YA … this moving debut is not to be missed. * Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay *
About The Author
XiXi Tian
Yuxi ‘XiXi’ Tian is an attorney at Google by day and a writer by night. She emigrated from China when she was a year old, and grew up in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, on which Margaret and Annalie’s town is based. Before working at Google, Yuxi attended Harvard Law School, and for a brief period dabbled with the idea of becoming a literary agent. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and cat.
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