A review by dandydonut
American Panda by Gloria Chao

5.0

god. just. i have so many things to say and fksdjfdsakfdjsf basically, i'm completely in love with this book. it spoke to me so much, as a chinese kid with immigrant parents and god the whole thing about

guilt and responsibility and honouring family just sucker punched me in the gut. imo the romance was a bit weak but mei's interactions with her older brother and mom fully made up for it. as a dancer had to quit, this also spoke to me a lot

11/10 would recommend to any/every asian kid, though one warning is this book is quite niche, as in if u didn't have direct experiences with mandarin or the time to google every mando word, u'd not understand a lot of it.