Fresh Off the Boat (21 page)

Many kisses and hugs to the Johnstons—Mom, Dad, John, Anji, Alexander, Tim, Rob, Jenn, and Valerie; the Torre family; the Gaisano family; the Izumi family; the Green family, especially Steve and Nico; and all the very many Ongs and de la Cruzes in the world. And to the memory of my grandparents,
Lola
Eleng,
Lolo
William, Grandpa and Grandma.

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Copyright

Fresh Off the Boat

Copyright © 2005 by Melissa de la Cruz

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EPub Edition © APRIL 2010 ISBN: 978-0-062-01551-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

De la Cruz, Melissa.

Fresh off the boat / by Melissa de la Cruz.—1st ed

p. cm.

Summary: When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, California, fourteen-year-old Vicenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school.

ISBN-10: 0-06-054542-9 (pbk.)

ISBN-13: 978-0-06-054542-0 (pbk.)

1. Filipino Americans—Juvenile fiction. [1. Filipino Americans—Fiction. 2. Immigrants—Fiction. 3. Moving, Household—Fiction. 4. High schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.D36967Fr 2005

2004015513

[Fic]—dc22

CIP

AC

First Harper Trophy edition, 2006

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