Publisher's Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang delivers a heartfelt and powerful YA romance about a Chinese American girl who gets help from the new boy in town to search for her dad after her successful fashion designer mother is diagnosed with cancer. Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her moms, but for now shes an intern at her moms fashion label. When her mom receives a sudden diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, all that changes. Serene has to take over her mothers business overnight, dealing with ruthless investors who do not think a seventeen-year-old can run a fashion empire, while trying to figure out what happened with her dad in Beijing. He left before she was born, and Serene wants to find him, even if it means going against her moms one request--never look back.Lian Chen moved from China to Serenes mostly white Southern California beach town a year ago. He doesnt fit in at school, where kids mispronounce his name. His parents dont care about what he wants to do--comedy--and push him toward going to MIT engineering early. Lian thinks theres nothing to stick around for, until one day, he starts Chinese Club after school . . . and Serene walks in.Worlds apart in the high school hierarchy, Serene and Lian soon find refuge in each other, falling in love as they navigate life-changing storms.
