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Mai-lee Chai. Dragon Chica
CRITICAL PRAISE FOR DRAGON CHICA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. The Shelf-Life of Miracles
CHAPTER 2. The Letter
CHAPTER 3. Last Chance, Nebraska
CHAPTER 4. The Ghost in the Window
CHAPTER 5. A Million Shades of Black
CHAPTER 6. Father Dream
CHAPTER 7. First Days in the Silver Palace
CHAPTER 8. Auntie
CHAPTER 9. Summer Storms
CHAPTER 10. When I Was a Boy
CHAPTER 11. The September I Turned Twelve Again
CHAPTER 12. The Gamblers
CHAPTER 13. Frying Shrimp
CHAPTER 14. Dragon Chica
CHAPTER 15. Silent People
CHAPTER 16. Red Lobster
CHAPTER 17. St. Agnes
CHAPTER 18. The First Day
CHAPTER 19. The Churning of the Sea
CHAPTER 20. Saving Sourdi
CHAPTER 21. Super 8
CHAPTER 22. Giving in to the Ghost
CHAPTER 23. Duke
CHAPTER 24. Our Town
CHAPTER 25. Ang Kor Wat of Des Moines
CHAPTER 26. Sourdi’s Story
CHAPTER 27. The Belly of the Prairie
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MAY-LEE CHAI
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“It is very rare that a coming of age novel transcends its inherent limitations and attains the complex emotional resonance of adult fiction. Dragon Chica does this with great aplomb. The book explores with subtlety and depth the mature, universal issues of identity and connection, but it also retains its direct appeal to younger readers.
“May-lee Chai has performed a remarkable act of literary magic.”
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“Don’t talk so much, Nea. I have a headache.”
Then Sourdi squared her shoulders and walked a little faster, so I was left in her wake, dodging the puddles and broken branches and trash that were strewn about the sidewalk after the storm.
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