The trouble with small deceits is that you can't foresee who will become ensnared or who will be hurt if you tear back through to the truth.

PAPER DAUGHTER

Chapter 1

"Yours, Maggie." Mom pushed an envelope from the Herald down the counter where I was putting out bread for sandwiches.

I scanned the letter inside: "Now that school's out . . . "

"You're not still going?"

"I think so. I know it won't be the same__"

I broke off because Mom, who'd continued to sort through the mail, wasn't listening.

Unsettling doubt swept through me as I looked again at the letter from the newspaper, so businesslike, as though my summer internship were a real job. Which it was, of course, but this was written as though I were a regular employee instead of a high school student.

Mom, please! I wanted to say. I'm kind of alone here!

If Dad had still been there, he'd have said, So you've got some paperwork to gather, and then let me talk out my jitters one more time.

But Dad wasn't there. He never again would be, no matter how much I missed him and wanted him back. And whatever envelope Mom had just opened had triggered an annoyed "Humph."

With an effort, I smothered a twinge of resentment and focused on what she was saying. "Problem?" I asked.

Join Maggie in today's newsroom, and join Fai-yi Li on his journey long ago, from China to Seattle's Chinatown in this Oppenheimer Gold Seal award novel from Jeanette Ingold.

"It's a fascinating Young Adult novel . . . More than a good read, Paper Daughter describes an important chapter in Seattle's history and U.S. policy."--Cover-to-Cover Kids

"Ingold creates a rich, inspiring story about using research and tenacity to uncover the truth."--Horn Book Guide Reviews

"This novel is a must read for those who love mysteries and family history."--VOYA

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PAPER DAUGHTER by Jeanette Ingold
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
ISBN 978-0-15-205507-X

PAPER DAUGHTER by Jeanette Ingold

For teen readers · Contemporary and historical fiction at its best