The discrimination against Asians that's rampant in the city follows her to the school, but the earthquake and its aftermath forever change the relationship between Mercy and her classmates and how they view race and class distinctions. Mercy Wong, a Chinese American teen living with her family in Chinatown, uses a combination of cunning and bribery to gain admittance to the best girls' school in the city - a school that's never had a student who wasn't privileged and white. Parents need to know that Stacey Lee's Outrun the Moon is a novel set in San Francisco just before and after the city is devastated by the famous 1906 earthquake. Characters use racist words such as "ching-chong," "Chinagirl," "monkeys," and "Mongols."ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide.
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