The work focuses on the concept of a young girl starting the sixth grade and dealing with the troubles that come with growing up but also with having a split cultural identity.

player and Interior Designer of sporty girls accessories and home decor is an almost 6th grader about to have her own room.

She thinks her life is almost perfect: She's finally going to be a sixth grader, her sister, Regina is going to college meaning she'll have her own room, and to top it all off she's going out for captain on her basketball team.

Critical reception has been positive,[5][6][7] and Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center stated that "Shang’s debut novel is a well-blended cornucopia of the multicultural tween’s challenges.

"[8] The Los Angeles Times wrote a favorable review for the book, which they felt would appeal to "young readers struggling with issues of self-identity, whatever their heritage.