Girl in Reverse, by Barbara Stuber
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Girl in Reverse, by Barbara Stuber
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Being adopted isn’t easy—especially when you’re seen as a national enemy. A teen seeks the roots of her identity in this stirring novel from the acclaimed author of Crossing the Tracks.When Lily was three, her mother put her up for adoption, then disappeared without a trace. Or so Lily was told. Lily grew up in her new family and tried to forget her past. But with the Korean War raging and the fear of “Commies” everywhere, Lily’s Asian heritage makes her a target. She is sick of the racism she faces, a fact her adoptive parents won’t take seriously. For Lily, war is everywhere—the dinner table, the halls at school, and especially within her own skin.Then her brainy little brother, Ralph, finds a box containing a baffling jumble of broken antiques—clues to her past left by her “Gone Mom.” Lily and Ralph attempt to match these fragments with rare Chinese artifacts at the art museum, where she encounters the artistic genius Elliot James. Elliot attracts and infuriates Lily—especially when he calls their first kiss “undimensional.” With the help of Ralph and Elliot, will Lily summon the courage to confront her own remarkable creation story? A poignantly beautiful novel, Girl in Reverse celebrates “a remarkable journey of self-discovery, inner resilience, and the fragile, surprising, and exquisite complexity of family” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Girl in Reverse, by Barbara Stuber - Amazon Sales Rank: #311942 in Books
- Brand: Stuber, Barbara
- Published on: 2015-05-12
- Released on: 2015-05-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
Girl in Reverse, by Barbara Stuber From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—Lillian Firestone describes herself as "a Chinese character without a plot." Adopted at an early age by an American couple, Lily has few memories of her birth mother and knows practically nothing about her Chinese heritage, yet she has been the recipient of Asian slurs from friends and classmates for as long as she can remember. Now, at the height of the Korean War, media-fueled hatred for Communist China is making high school, and even her home life, intolerable. When her little brother finds a hidden box of priceless Chinese antiquities bearing Lily's name, she becomes obsessed with discovering why she was abandoned by her "Gone Mom." Her adoptive parents dismiss her concerns, adamant that she is a member of their family and that she should not be living her life "in reverse." She seeks help from the nun at the orphanage, who helped with her adoption, but discovers more questions than answers when she is handed yet another box of Chinese artifacts left for her by her birth mother. It is the opening of a new exhibit of Chinese art and antiquities at the museum that finally provides her with some surprising revelations about her past. Stuber has created a fully realized, age-appropriate personality in the protagonist but fails to adequately develop the stories of intriguing secondary characters, such as her adoptive mother and Sister Evangeline, that could have provided additional insight into Lily's struggle for self-discovery to readers who face similar issues with their own adoptions.—Cary Frostick, formerly at Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA
From Booklist It’s 1951, and 17-year-old Lily, the only Chinese person in her Kansas City high school, has become the object of intense bullying. Meanwhile, her dorky but lovable younger brother has discovered a strange lacquered box hidden in the attic. It came from Lily’s birth mother—her “gone mom”—and inside is a jumble of strange objects that help Lily learn about her history and her ties to a beautiful new acquisition in the Chinese wing of her local art museum. Her adopted parents are no help, begging her to focus on moving forward instead of “living in reverse.” Lily’s first-person narration captures her frustration at school and with her family, her anger over the insults she hears on a daily basis, her guilt about searching out her biological mom, and her reluctance to share her past with the people who love her, all in a jolting tone that matches the fits and starts of her struggle to find her provenance. Stuber (Crossing the Tracks, 2010) offers a poetic, introspective story of a girl caught between two worlds. Grades 8-11. --Sarah Hunter
Review *"Stuber (Crossing the Tracks) creates a remarkable journey of self-discovery, inner resilience, and the fragile, surprising, and exquisite complexity of family." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)Lily’s fragmented memories of her mother—her scent, the color of her sweater, the texture of her hair—and the yearnings they inspire are the novel’s most genuinely affecting moments... moments of beautiful sensory detail." (Kirkus Reviews)"Stuber offers a poetic, introspective story of a girl caught between two worlds." (Booklist)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Artful book By Anna Smith In this second beloved novel by Barbara Stuber, we drift into the life of Lily. Lily who looks different,Lily who is different.Through Lily's tender yet tenacious efforts to look deeper and deeper into the mirror, we are introduced to oil paintings, tiny pieces of Chinese history and art, and lives lived through the warzones of racism and difference. This book is timeless in its historical beauty and themes of common humanity, identity, and the direction of home.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A Wonderful Engrossing Novel! By Midwestern Reader GIRL IN REVERSE is a wonderful engrossing novel! Lily’s struggles and clever twists in the story pulled me right in. Lily speaks in first person and shares unique insights into everything she’s going through.These inner thoughts are sometimes humorous.The author uses a lot of sensory detail to make the settings come to life.The book’s characters, especially Lily’s brother Ralph, are quite interesting.They often add surprise to the plot.As the story progresses Lily learns to stop hiding and to become more transparent about who she is. She learns to take risks in order to confront others and to live out integrity. The novel’s tie into art objects at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City is well done. Author Barbara Stuber offers a masterful novel for teens and adults. I thought about her story a long time after I read the last page.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Interesting and highly compelling! By ADITI SAHA “Don't forget who you are and where you come from."----F Scott FitzgeraldIt is becoming hard for Lily to move ahead without getting any idea about her real mother or father or her real roots. Without the raging war between America, Japan and Communist Party in China and for Lily, who happens to have a "chink" face and living with her adopted American family in the Kansas City, it is getting harder to survive her high school days without any mockery or racial teasing.Barbara Stuber's protagonist, Lily, in her new book, Girl in Reverse is a meek, confused and curious young teenager, who's life suddenly takes on the reverse gear to find out about her past, that happens to haunt her almost every day! Girl in Reverse is not any kind of cheesy YA tale, instead it weaves a tale about finding your real roots and how to not forget them and exploring the bright dimension of art, antiques and cartoons!!I'd like to thank the author, Barbara Stuber, for giving me this opportunity to read and review her historical novel.In the blurb, we see that, Lily has been left by her real mother in a lonely orphanage, in Kansas City at the age of three, for adoption, and her mother vanished into thin air. Fast forward to the 1950s, we see Lily as a teenager, attending high school and dreading the social science periods. But with all the taunting and racial remarks about her originality, Lily gets determined to find her real roots, whether she is Japanese or Chinese. Her determination not only opens a wide world of new relationships but also make her identify her real-shelf. Imagine while finding roots, the whole experience changes your view on the outer world as well as on your inner shelf, then such a journey is worth experiencing. Although, she was not alone in finding the clues of her past life, her half-brother, Ralph, helps her find her about her real mother, when he stumbles upon an old box in her home's attic, under the nose of their parents. To find clues, they investigate in the local city museum, where Lily comes across the art genius, Elliot James, who used to make Lily very nervous and would make her heart beat faster. But with so much happening and so many revelations about her past so will Lily be able to accept the truth and be able to trace her oriental originality?Following F. Scott Fitzgerald’s remarkable quote, it is quite evident that Lily is an epitome who is not only curious but also determined never to forget about her roots. Lily is someone, who you can easily relate to. Girl in Reverse will be a guide book for all those adopted kids who are really clueless about their originality. The author has tried to instilled one strong point among us that no matter what, you must figure out your real roots, origin, birth place, culture, religion and respect them. Yes, although adopted kids are supposed to wipe out of any memories of their previous life, but still, it is very important to know about their origin, since it'll teach them to know themselves better.We see the unfolding of the plot with the eyes of Lily, who not only fall for a young art student, but also develops an interest for Chinese art and culture from their nearby Chinese restaurant. The characters are very spectacular, especially, Ralph and Mr. Howard, who stand beside Lily through thick and thin, and Ralph, not only wins your heart but also his sweet demeanor sparks up the whole book! I so want my brother to be like Ralph, who loved her adopted elder sister, Lily like crazily and always protected her no matter what and his obsession with the local Scouts team is quite impressionable. Mr. Howard makes everyone see the right from wrong with his wisdom and knowledge. The chemistry between Lily and Elliot is quite innocently narrated by the author and more than lust or love, they had a solid friendship. The book not only gripped me with the author's prose and flow of narration, but also enlightened me about lot of things- mostly racism!Don't miss out to read this compelling and enticing novel of Barbara Stuber, who takes you on a journey from oriental Chinese antique Bodhisattva to finding one's true-shelf!
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