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If you thought you had boy trouble, imagine a situation in which you could lose your boyfriend just because you’d lost your cell phone. If you thought making—and keeping—friends was hard, imagine if a move to a new after-school job resulted in the loss of everyone you’d grown close to. And if you thought transitioning to a new school year was tough, imagine leaving behind the only life you’d ever known for a bustling, crowded factory city where “making it” was entirely up to you. If the differences between your life and the lives chronicled in Leslie Chang’s book Factory Girls seem stark, you’d be right. This in-depth look at the teenage girls working in China’s exploding factory culture will give the phrase Made in China a whole new meaning. At the same time, though, you’ll find surprising connections between their hopes and dreams and your own—proof, perhaps, that our world is smaller than you might think.
Genre: Nonfiction
Jenny’s rating (out of 5 stars): 4.5
You’ll like this book if: You’re interested in learning more about the lives of teenagers halfway around the world.
You won’t like this book if: Digressions into ancestry and personal history bore you.
