Girl in Translation
Ranked #13 in Hong Kong, Ranked #17 in Brooklyn — see more rankings.
When young Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to America, they speak no English and own nothing but debt. They arrive in New York hopeful for a better life, but find instead a squalid Brooklyn apartment and backbreaking labor in a Chinatown sweatshop. Unable to accept this as her future, Kim decides to use her "talent for school" to earn a place for herself and her mother in their adopted country. Disguising the most difficult truths of her meager existence, Kim embarks on a double life, an exceptional student by day, and a sweatshop worker by evening. In time, Kim learns... more
Rankings by Category
Girl in Translation is ranked in the following categories:
- #79 in 2010
- #39 in Asian
- #73 in China
- #47 in Chinese
- #50 in Immigration
- #75 in Multiculturalism
- #93 in New York
- #23 in Translation
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