Parachutes, Kelly Yang
Parachutes, Kelly Yang
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Parachutes

Author: Kelly Yang

Narrator: Cassie Simone, Karissa Vacker

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/26/2020


Synopsis

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They’re called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she’d be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.Suddenly she finds herself living in a stranger’s house, with no one to tell her what to do for the first time in her life. She soon embraces her newfound freedom, especially when the hottest and most eligible parachute, Jay, asks her out.Dani De La Cruz, Claire’s new host sister, couldn’t be less thrilled that her mom rented out a room to Claire. An academic and debate team star, Dani is determined to earn her way into Yale, even if it means competing with privileged kids who are buying their way to the top. But Dani’s game plan veers unexpectedly off course when her debate coach starts working with her privately.As they steer their own distinct paths, Dani and Claire keep crashing into one another, setting a course that will change their lives forever. 

About Kelly Yang

Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, Three Keys, and Room to Dream and is the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature. She went to college at age thirteen and is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Law School. She is the founder of the Kelly Yang Project, a leading writing and debating program for children in Asia. She lived in Hong Kong for fifteen years, where she taught many parachutes and was a columnist for the South China Morning Post. Her writing has also been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic. Kelly currently lives in Los Angeles with her family. Please find her online at www.kellyyang.com. Parachutes is her YA debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole

2023: Jestem dumna, że mogę być matronką tej książki. 2020: 5/5......more

CZEMU? CZEMU NIKT MNIE NIE OSTRZEGŁ!? Moje serce nie zniesie więcej......more

100000000000/10 ⭐️ loved it so much, so important! And note from Kelly Yang... I’m speechless 😖......more

This is a tough one. I know that Yang usually comes with some hard hitting stuff but this is one that I don't think I was truly prepared to read. Please do not allow the beautiful cover to fool you. This book has trigger warnings for rape, racism, parental infidelity, sexual assault, predatory behav......more