A review by txjpjenny
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

4.0

Another fun read. I have really enjoyed all of Stacey Lee's YA novels so far -- Downstairs Girl, Outrun the Moon, and now Under a Painted Sky. Part of that enjoyment is finding well-written historical fiction about Asian Americans! I love Stacey Lee's ability to incorporate Chinese culture into her novels, how that interacts with her American identity, touching on the experience of racism without making that the dominant subject of her story, something I resonate with in my Asian-growing-up-in-America experience. Racism is part of the story, and certainly an important part, but not the whole. Lee is a beautiful writer and a wonderful storyteller, and I appreciate learning more about the historical time periods she writes about through her Asian-American lens. I look forward to her new novel about the Titanic and hopefully more to come.