Dear Evelina Chao,
I am currently reading your novel, Yeh Yeh’s House, and although I’m only a few chapters into it, I’m already hooked! You write in such a way that I feel like I’ve known you forever.
Throughout the first chapter, you recall that as a child you can remember noticing that you looked different from other girls around you. “They tried to help me draw a line on my upper eyelids so I would look like I could see, as Renee put it. Except we discovered that I didn’t have a fold on my upper lid. No matter how far we drew, clear up to my eyebrows, my eyes still looked like little slits.” (15) During teenage years, girls just want to fit in and be like everyone else. Did the fact that you were different ever affect you emotionally?
In the next chapter you talk about being able to play significant pieces of music on your violin by the time you were thirteen. Wow! I’ve been playing the clarinet for over four years now and I don’t even come close to the skill that you were able to develop in only three. Did you still have the same passion for your instrument now that you did when you were little? Or have you found a new passion for writing?
I’m excited to continue reading! I want to hear about your trip to China, as well as how your shaky relationship with your mother turns out.
Sincerely,
Paige
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I liked the quote you used. Is this book about a Chinese girl growing up? You made it sound like a great read.
Paige,
I'm reading the book, "The Color of Water." It is about a young black boy, James McBride, who is raised by a white mother. I was reading one of your quotes about the girl who was trying to color her eyes so it looked like "she could see." This quote reminds me alot about my book, because McBride would constantly be asking his mother why she was white, and how come she didn't look like him? Now, Mcbride didn't paint his skin white or anything (he actually thought his mother very strange.) But anyways, I just thought of my book when I read your choosen passage.
Your book sounds really interesting. Im reading Wasted, were the character does not handle her problems in a healthy fashion. How did your character manage to stay in good spirits while dealing with her issues ? Plus i really like your quote!
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