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7282362The Red Car to Hollywoodhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-red-car-to-hollywood-9798765650882/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6839030/image.jpg?v=638743518652800000178205MXNLerner Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Los Angeles, 1924</strong></p><p>Sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan considers herself a modern, independent American girl. But when her secret relationship with a white boy implodesand then is revealed to her very traditional Chinese parentsshes in a tough spot. Horrified that Rubys reputation is at risk, her parents hire a matchmaker to find her a Chinese husband. Ruby is determined to foil their plans. But how?</p><p>Meanwhile, Ruby meets the nineteen-year-old film star Anna May Wong, one of her neighbors in LAs Chinatown. The girls quickly strike up a friendship. Anna May defies Chinese convention by working as an actress on the silver screen, <em>and</em> she scoffs at white peoples assumptions about her. If she can forge her own path, surely Ruby can too.</p><p>Not everything is as it seems, though. Danger and betrayal lurk amidst the new possibilities. To build the life she wants, Ruby will have to contend with how others see herand decide if shes ready to truly see herself.</p>...6919662The Red Car to Hollywood178205https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-red-car-to-hollywood-9798765650882/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6839030/image.jpg?v=638743518652800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259798765650882_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9798765650882_<p><strong>Los Angeles, 1924</strong></p><p>Sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan considers herself a modern, independent American girl. But when her secret relationship with a white boy implodesand then is revealed to her very traditional Chinese parentsshes in a tough spot. Horrified that Rubys reputation is at risk, her parents hire a matchmaker to find her a Chinese husband. Ruby is determined to foil their plans. But how?</p><p>Meanwhile, Ruby meets the nineteen-year-old film star Anna May Wong, one of her neighbors in LAs Chinatown. The girls quickly strike up a friendship. Anna May defies Chinese convention by working as an actress on the silver screen, <em>and</em> she scoffs at white peoples assumptions about her. If she can forge her own path, surely Ruby can too.</p><p>Not everything is as it seems, though. Danger and betrayal lurk amidst the new possibilities. To build the life she wants, Ruby will have to contend with how others see herand decide if shes ready to truly see herself.</p>...9798765650882_Lerner Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9798765650882_9798765650882Jennie LiuInglésMéxico2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/lerner-epub-b4bb5b3a-acae-4d1f-a347-0443715c76b2.epub2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00Lerner Publishing Group