Dragonfly Dreams

by Jennifer J. Chow

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Pub Date Nov 24 2015 | Archive Date Feb 29 2016

Description

From Jennifer J. Chow, author of the award-winning The 228 Legacy, comes a young adult novel about immigrant struggles and family conflict. It’s 1880 in Fresno, California when 17-year-old Topaz Woo dies after giving birth. She can get an extension in a non-physical body—if she uses The Ten Commandments to influence her newborn. Over the course of ten years, she finds herself stymied in parenting by intergenerational drama and spiritual battle. Will she adjust to an otherworldly existence and give her daughter a solid foundation? Or will she become mired in family disputes and forfeit her soul to evil?

From Jennifer J. Chow, author of the award-winning The 228 Legacy, comes a young adult novel about immigrant struggles and family conflict. It’s 1880 in Fresno, California when 17-year-old...

Advance Praise

At its core, Dragonfly Dreams is a beautifully-written story of choices and consequences, but it's also so much more than that. A worthwhile and recommended read. -Jennifer Farwell, author of Seven Weeks to Forever In Dragonfly Dreams, Chow crafts characters with many dimensions, draws a dreamy and dangerous afterlife, and a presents a story of love, forgiveness, and growth. -Jennifer M. Barry, author of Side Effects Dragonfly Dreams is a supernatural story about second chances that conveys the power of jealousy, attachment, regret, family love and loyalty... -Cara Chow, author of Bitter Melon, 2011 YALSA Best Fiction Finalist