When the Asian Girl Speaks: A Comparative Analysis of Two Young Adult Novels in English Written by Asian Women by Lalaine Yanilla Aquino

“…Sing to the Dawn, published in Singapore, won first prize in the 1975 Council of Interracial Books for Children in New York; while A Step from Heaven, published in New York, won the 2002 Michael L. Printz Award. By using feminist and critical stylistics, this paper aims to answer the following questions: Do Asians retain their “voice” even when they write in English and live in foreign lands? …”
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