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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Tiger Daughter
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'Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. 

'Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English and understands her in a way nobody has lately. Both of them dream of escaping and together they come up with a plan to take an entrance exam for a selective school far from home. 

'But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen’s resilience and tiger strength to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows. 

Source: Publishers blurb.

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  • Chosen as one of the  Conversation's best Australian books of the 21st century

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2021 .
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      Extent: 224p.
      Note/s:
      • Published February 2021
      ISBN: 9781760877644
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
      :
      Delacorte Press ,
      2023 .
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      Extent: 192p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 15 August 2023.
      ISBN: 9780593648971 (hbk), 9780593649008 (pbk), 9780593648995 (ebk)

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  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] Tiger Daughter Michele Lee , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , July/August vol. 99 no. 4 2023; (p. 114-115)

— Review of Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction
Young Readers Give Their Verdicts for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Shadowers' Choice Awards Rosemary Bolger , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;

'For the first time, the best Australian children's books of the year have been decided by the young people reading them.' 

READing & VIEWing Deborah McPherson , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66)
A Real, Powerful Anger Joy Lawn , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 April 2021; (p. 17)

— Review of The Gaps Leanne Hall , 2021 single work novel ; Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction ; When We Are Invisible Claire Zorn , 2021 single work novel
Five Books by Women to Add to Your Reading List This International Women's Day Emma Nobel , Sky Kirkham , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , March 2021;

— Review of Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction

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Five Books by Women to Add to Your Reading List This International Women's Day Emma Nobel , Sky Kirkham , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , March 2021;

— Review of Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction

Also reviews books by international authors:

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel

White Feminism by Koa Beck

Nomadland by Jessica Bruder

A Real, Powerful Anger Joy Lawn , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17 April 2021; (p. 17)

— Review of The Gaps Leanne Hall , 2021 single work novel ; Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction ; When We Are Invisible Claire Zorn , 2021 single work novel
[Review] Tiger Daughter Michele Lee , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , July/August vol. 99 no. 4 2023; (p. 114-115)

— Review of Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim , 2021 single work children's fiction
Young Readers Give Their Verdicts for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Shadowers' Choice Awards Rosemary Bolger , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;

'For the first time, the best Australian children's books of the year have been decided by the young people reading them.' 

READing & VIEWing Deborah McPherson , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 56 no. 2 2021; (p. 60-66)
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