With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei by Justina Chen audiobook

With Twice the Love, Dessie Mei

By Justina Chen

HarperCollins 9780063306523
Unabridged
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Award-winning author Justina Chen delivers a powerful and heartfelt novel about a young girl who accidentally discovers she has an identical twin sister. This joyous novel about reunited adoptee sisters experiencing new family traditions, foods, and customs together is perfect for fans of Janae Marks, Kelly Yang, and Meg Medina. On Dessie Mei Breedlove’s first day at a new school in the middle of her sixth-grade year, who does she see? A classmate who looks exactly like her. As in: Dessie and Donna Lee have the exact same glossy black hair. The exact same brown eyes. The exact same cheeky smile. A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: Dessie and Donna are identical twins, adopted from the same orphanage in China, then separated into two different families: one white, the other Taiwanese American. The Breedloves and the Lees. Making up for lost time, the girls throw themselves into their newfound sisterhood, relishing every similarity. Cats or dogs (dogs!). Sweet or savory (both!). Favorite band (A2Z, duh!). But the small differences between the girls soon create tension…and when crisis strikes, Dessie must figure out who she is, where she belongs, and what it truly means to be a sister.

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Award-winning author Justina Chen delivers a powerful and heartfelt novel about a young girl who accidentally discovers she has an identical twin sister. This joyous novel about reunited adoptee sisters experiencing new family traditions, foods, and customs together is perfect for fans of Janae Marks, Kelly Yang, and Meg Medina.

On Dessie Mei Breedlove’s first day at a new school in the middle of her sixth-grade year, who does she see? A classmate who looks exactly like her. As in: Dessie and Donna Lee have the exact same glossy black hair. The exact same brown eyes. The exact same cheeky smile.

A secret DNA test reveals the shocking truth: Dessie and Donna are identical twins, adopted from the same orphanage in China, then separated into two different families: one white, the other Taiwanese American. The Breedloves and the Lees.

Making up for lost time, the girls throw themselves into their newfound sisterhood, relishing every similarity. Cats or dogs (dogs!). Sweet or savory (both!). Favorite band (A2Z, duh!). But the small differences between the girls soon create tension…and when crisis strikes, Dessie must figure out who she is, where she belongs, and what it truly means to be a sister.

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Author Bio: Justina Chen

Author Bio: Justina Chen

Justina Chen is an award-winning novelist for young adults. Her novels include North of Beautiful, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year; Girl Overboard, a Junior Library Guild premiere selection; Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies), which won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature; and Return to Me. She cofounded readergirlz, a cutting-edge literacy and social media project for teens, which won the National Book Award for Innovations in Reading. When she isn’t writing for teens, Justina is an executive communications strategist for executives. Previously, she was the speechwriter and executive communications manager for a president of Microsoft. Justina also conducts popular storytelling workshops, presenting at prestigious organizations ranging from the Mayo Clinic to Microsoft.

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Available Formats : CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Audience: Children (8–12)
Language: English