p l a y l i s t
your best american girl // mitski; national anthem // lana del rey; californiacation // red hot chili peppers; super rich kids // frank ocean; prom queen // beach bunny; strange love // halsey; american idiot // green day; american money // borns; take a walk // passion pit; she's american // the 1975; suburban wonderland // between friends; dynasty // rina sawayama; purge the poison // marina; savage good boy // japanese breakfast; i know places // taylor swift; cola // lana del rey; material girl // madonna; lifestyles of the rich & the famous // good charlotte
e p i g r a p h
"in me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to america. they see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured english. they see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed american-born minds 'joy luck' is not a word, it does not exist. they see daughters who will bear grandchildren born without any connecting hope passed from generation to generation."
- amy tan, the joy luck club
s t o r y
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leighanna chua (alternatively: lee, leigha, lay, li hua)
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hunter d'medici (alternatively: coca-cola boy, hunty)
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faye zhang (alternatively: zhangster, 菲菲)
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savior washington (alternatively: wash, sav)
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tara villanova (alternatively: nova)
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halle d'medici (alternatively: hals, brat)
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n o t e :
1. leighanna is pronounced lee-ahn-a and her chinese name is pronounced lee hua
2. faye's chinese name is pronounced feifei (faye-faye)
3. the zh in zhang is pronounced like a j sound so the nickname zhangster rhymes with gangster
4. BANNER BY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AKA aishixwrites i love you so much i can't even put it into words.
w a r n i n g s :
RACISM (subtle + blatant)
really!!! annoying!!! character(s)!!!
my elementary school fluency in chinese (i'm trying i swear!)
elitism
one self harm scene
unnecessary drama for the sake of ~plot~
YOU ARE READING
your best american girl ✓
Teen FictionLeighanna Chua has always struggled to fit in. Left feeling disconnected between her suburban community and her own identity, she's determined to prove that she belongs. But when Hunter D'Medici, a boy who embodies the very essence of privilege, off...
