Great adult book for teens - Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

Hello fellow readers... if you're out there! I just finished a great book that was one of the best Chinese immigrant stories that I have ever read. Kimberly moves from Hong Kong to Brooklyn to better her life along with her mother who is widowed tragically. In Hong Kong, Kim was at the head of her class and her family was fairly well off. Now in America, they live in a cockroach infested apartment in Brooklyn due to her aunt's selfishness and she has to work in a sweatshop. Kimberly's only escape is school, but even this proves to be difficult as she struggles with English and making friends when she herself is so different. It's a heartbreaking story of trying to achieve your dreams with a strong love story at the heart of the book as Kim falls for a boy who knows all about her struggles.
High school teens who loved Memoirs of a Geisha and even Esperanza Rising will truly become attached to this book. Check it out.