This Place is Still Beautiful by XiXi Tian - ISBN: 9780241532614
Paperback
Sisters divided by race, secrets, and a summer of change.

This Place is Still Beautiful

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    5 July 2022

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Summary

Two sisters. A shocking racist incident. The summer that will change both of their lives forever.

Annalie and Margaret are sisters who agree on only one thing- that they have nothing in common.

Annalie is seventeen- sweet, content, and looking forward to a summer of flirting with the most popular boy in school. Margaret is nineteen- ambitious, a warrior for social justice, and desperate to forget her ex-boyfriend in New York City.

When their family is the victim of a r…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241532614
ISBN-10:0241532612
Author:XiXi Tian
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:5 July 2022
Weight:255g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

This assured YA debut interweaves uncompromising truths about prejudice, identity and belonging with sweet, heady romance and a nuanced depiction of sisterhood. * Guardian, best new children’s books *An impressive first novel * Booklist *This book made me feel seen in a way that very few books ever have. * Misa Sugiura, author of This Time Will Be Different *[A]n exciting new voice in YA … this moving debut is not to be missed. * Nina LaCour, author of We Are Okay *

About The Author

XiXi Tian

Yuxi ‘XiXi’ Tian is an attorney at Google by day and a writer by night. She emigrated from China when she was a year old, and grew up in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, on which Margaret and Annalie’s town is based. Before working at Google, Yuxi attended Harvard Law School, and for a brief period dabbled with the idea of becoming a literary agent. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and cat.

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