![]() But what she unearths is light-years away from what she expected. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. It was published in May 2016 by Arthur A. Lee's class, Chloe finally gets to explore her family history. Unidentified Suburban Object is a 2016 middle-grade fiction book written by Mike Jung. ![]() She's Korean American, and for the first time Chloe has a person to talk to who seems to understand completely. It's only when Chloe's with her best friend, Shelly, that she doesn't feel like a total alien. They seem perfectly happy to be the only Asian family in town. Any time Chloe asks them a question they change the subject. She's had it with people thinking that everything she does well - getting good grades, winning first chair in the orchestra, et CETera - are because she's ASIAN.Of course, her own parents don't want to have anything to DO with their Korean background. Chloe has just about had it with people not knowing the difference between someone who's Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. The next person who compares Chloe Cho with famous violinist Abigail Yang is going to HEAR it. Comic and satirical, but also full of painful truths about being both a bright, sensitive middle schooler, and a so-called "model-minority" in a decidedly NOT-diverse town ![]()
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