The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang

These contemporary novels feature girls who face everyday challenges and more serious problems as they approach their teen years. In figuring out how to cope when life is less than perfect, they begin to understand what growing up is all about.Jinna Zhang is a bright, thoughtful, and imaginative 12-year-old Chinese girl. But when she is overcome by shyness at her new American school, she loses her ability to speak and retreats into an inner fairy-tale world.Dori Jones Yang is the author of 'The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang' with ISBN 9780606217903 and ISBN 0606217908.