Song of the Stranger

by Angela Tung

Twelve-year-old Karen leans more about her grandmother and her heritage after spending the summer in Japan.

186 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Angela Tung is a writer in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in CNN Living, The Frisky, Dark Sky Magazine, Matador Life, The New York Press and elsewhere.

Her latest book, Black Fish: Memoir of a Bad Luck Girl, chronicles the failed marriage between a Chinese woman and Korean man, both American-born but still bound by old world traditions. Black Fish was short-listed for Graywolf Press' 2010 Nonfiction Prize.

In addition, she's a writer/editor at Wordnik.com, an online word source, and has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University.

Reviews

[Anjali K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disapproving and rude, that’s what Obosan is on the surface. Karen can not stand her grandmother, and to make matters worse, she has to go to Japan with her! Karen reluctantly goes to japan and discovers a family secret...