Summary: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--the desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly, everything seemed possible.
But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red Scare-paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. (from amazon.com)
Where can I find it?: Upper School library, Walczak building
Tags: California--San Francisco; California--San Francisco--Chinatown; Chinese American teenagers; Families; Fiction; Historical fiction; Identity (Psychology) in adolescence; Juvenile works; Lesbian bars; Lesbian fiction; Lesbians; Race relations; War--Influence; Young adult fiction