Ed Lin
1) Ghost month
Author
Series
Taipei Night Market volume 1
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"August is Ghost Month in Taiwan--a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid unlucky situations, large purchases, and bodies of water. Jing-nan, a young man who runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, doesn't consider himself superstitious, but this August is going to haunt him no matter what he does. He is shocked to the core when he learns his ex-girlfriend from high school has been murdered....
Author
Publisher
Kaya Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"David Tung is a New Jersey high school student who is navigating the streets of multiple social circles (regular school in an upscale, Asian-majority suburb versus weekend Chinese school in working-class NYC Chinatown), parental pressures to get As, two possible girlfriends he's not allowed to have, and the fear he will die alone, whether or not he gets into Harvard. David Tung can't get a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College is a...