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Patricia Yi-Phen Ho is a hapa. Hapa is Hawaiian for someone who's half-Asian and half-white. Patty doesn't feel totally Asian but she doesn't feel totally white. She never felt completely as a whole anywhere. When she found out her future with Belly-Button Grandma, the Chinese fortune-teller, through her belly button that she might end up with a white guy, her ultra-strict Taiwanese mom sent her straight to the math camp at Stanford. Patty never liked her mom's idea but she found out while at Stanford and at her aunt's house why her mom doesn't let her do things her way and most importantly, she found out about her mom's life and whatever happened to her dad. Patty's new life starts at Stanford with all kinds of different probabilities.
This book is very interesting and definitely funny. Through this novel, you can understand Patricia Yi-Phen Ho's life and views on different things and places. So I would really recommend this novel to anyone who likes comedy/humor, wants to know how a half-Asian, half-white person's life would be, or is interested in knowing about Asian society and culture.
Review by Tina
