Stacey Lee
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"1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the genteel Southern lady'"--Provided by the publisher.
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Valora Luck thinks she is one step closer to achieving her goal of becoming a successful circus performer in New York when she gets a ticket for the Titanic, the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, but her dreams are dashed when she is turned away at the gangway due to the Chinese Exclusion Act. Knowing her twin brother Jamie, who is currently working with a shipping company, and an influential circus owner are onboard the ship, Val...
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Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from poverty in Chinatown, and she gains admittance to a prestigious finishing school through a mix of cunning and bribery. She soon discovers that getting in was the easiest part, and must carve a niche among the spoiled heiresses. When the earthquake strikes on April 18, Mercy and her classmates are forced to a survivor encampment, but her quick-witted leadership rallies them to help in the tragedy's...