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This Is My Brain in Love

I. W. Gregorio

Jocelyn Wu, sixteen, faces academic pressure while her family’s Chinese restaurant is failing. She wants to make a short film with her best friend Priya Venkatram and hopes not to be confused with or compared to the school’s only other Chinese girl, Peggy Chang. A new employee, Will, privately deals with anxiety. Jocelyn and Will’s alternating narratives include their effort to save the restaurant and a romance that surprises them both.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
951L
ATOS Book Level
6.3
AR Interest Level
UG
AR Points
15
Word Count
93115
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
W
Themes
Food And Cooking · Identity · Love · Mental Health
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
April 14, 2020
Pages
384
ISBN-13
9780316423823
Language
English
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