Messy Roots

Title: Messy Roots
Book List: Interesting Nonfiction & Biographies for Teens, Teen Nonfiction of and about Diverse Cultures
Author: Laura Gao
Genre: Teen

After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars--at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name.

In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.

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