Cloudwish
Vietnamese-Australian teenager Van Uoc Phan, the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, doesn't believe in magic until the day an absent-minded wish actually comes true and she attracts the attention of her longtime crush"
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Vietnamese > Australia > Fiction. Dating (Social customs) > Fiction. First loves > Fiction. Wishes > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. Melbourne (Vic.) > Fiction. |
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- ISBN: 0316242128
- ISBN: 9780316242127
- Physical Description 309 pages
- Edition First U.S. edition.
- Publisher New York : Poppy, 2016.
- Copyright ©2015
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General Note: | Originally published : Australia : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2015. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 23.49 |
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Summary
Cloudwish
Award-winning author Fiona Wood delivers a thought-provoking story of self-discovery and first love-one that will resonate with anyone who has ever realized that the things that make you different are the things that make you... you . For Vân Uoc, fantasies fall into two categories: nourishing or pointless. Daydreaming about attending her own art opening? Nourishing. Daydreaming about Billy Gardiner, star of the rowing team who doesn't even know she's alive? Pointless. So Vân Uoc tries to stick to her reality-keeping a low profile as a scholarship student at her prestigious Melbourne private school, managing her mother's PTSD from a traumatic emigration from Vietnam, and admiring Billy from afar. Until she makes a wish that inexplicably (possibly magically) comes true. Billy actually notices her. In fact, he seems to genuinely like her. But as they try to fit each other into their very different lives, confounding parents and confusing friends, Vân Uoc can't help but wonder why Billy has suddenly fallen for her. Is it the magic of first love, or is it magic from a well-timed wish that will eventually, inevitably, come to an end?