Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum and dad are also struggling immigrants - both dream of escape from their unhappy circumstances, and form a plan to sit an entrance exam to a selective high school far from home. Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. That my life won't even start, and that I'll be stuck like this forever. WINNER: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers WINNER: 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, People's ChoiceSHORT-LISTED: 2022 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Young Adult Literature SHORT-LISTED: 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature SHORT-LISTED: 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Multicultural NSW Award SHORT-LISTED: 2021 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award What I feel most days is that nothing is ever going to change.
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