I read about this book a while ago, and thought it sounded promising: it's about a Chinese-American girl named Ever who is forced to go to a Chinese camp in Taiwan for the summer so she can connect with her roots, and she gets there and finds out the camp has a reputation for creating plenty of relationships because all the kids hook up and fall in love there. You basically have the whole plot right there--there are going to be some hijinks and escapades and you know there will be a love triangle, plus a lot of exposure to Taiwan and Chinese culture. This book was very cute and you really wanted to root for Ever to be able to throw off her parents' ridiculously high expectations for her, and for her to find herself. She starts by going a little bit too crazy, but learns what she actually wants and begins to try to do her own thing. I felt like there were a few of those forced-not-real miscommunication things between her and her love interest, but otherwise, I really enjoyed this book and thought it was a great look into life in Taiwan. It also addresses some of the racism that Asians and specifically Asian-Americans face, which is something I have been thinking a lot about lately with the current civil rights movement and my hometown and high school having a high Asian population. And it made me want to go visit Taiwan, if the Sevys move back there someday.
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