54 pages 1 hour read

Kelly Yang

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Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

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Chapters 21-40

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 21 Summary

Knox walks in as Julie is looking for a job through LinkedIn. She explains that she needs to get more endorsements. As the family looks at American schools, they FaceTime Andrew, who tells them that there is a shortage of toilet paper in the stores. Julie says that “that would never happen in America” because she does not think that Americans would panic in such a manner (79). When they arrive at school, Knox sees Black, white, and Latinx students, but no one who looks like him. As Julie speaks to a woman to enroll Knox and Lea at the elementary school, she asks if they have any occupational therapists on staff, because Knox has ADHD. He is shocked to hear this. The woman assures Julie that the teachers are used to working with all sorts of students, and that the kids will start school tomorrow.

Chapter 22 Summary

Enrolling in school seems easy to Knox because in Hong Kong, they had to take many tests and go through numerous screenings and interviews. Knox believes the US has too few standards, while Julie says this means that American schools are inclusive. Meanwhile, Bowen is panicked because while they were inside, he looked up his middle school and learned that it is only ranked a three on Aunt Jackie’s school ranking site.

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