Book Club Podcast Ep.1

Author: Jean Kwok Title: Girl in Translation Kimberly and her mother moved to America when she was in elementary school, thanks to her aunt and uncle. Kimberly and her mom live in a small apartment that’s infested with rats and bugs. It has no heat, so it’s freezing in the winter months. They’re poor, so Kimberly helps her mom work in her aunt’s factory after school. Kimberly started going to a public school that wasn’t in her low-class neighborhood. Her teacher has no empathy for her, even though she barely spoke English when she got there. Kimberly is figuring out how different school in America is from school in Hong Kong. She has only two friends so far, Anette from school andMatt from the factory.