Новинки Стейси Ли

Los Angeles, 1932: Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, has a face known to practically anyone, especially to the Chow sisters—May, Gemma, and Peony—Lulu's former classmates and neighbors. So the girls instantly know it's Lulu whose body they discover one morning in an out-of-the-way stable, far from the Beverly Hills mansion where she moved once her fame skyrocketed.

The sisters suspect Lulu's death is the result of foul play, but the LAPD—known for being corrupt to the core—doesn't seem motivated to investigate. Even worse, there are signs that point to the possibility of a police cover-up, and powerful forces in the city want to frame the killing as evidence that Chinatown is a den of iniquity and crime, even more reason it should be demolished to make room for the construction of a new railway depot, Union Station.

Worried that neither the police nor the papers will treat a Chinese girl fairly—no matter how famous and wealthy—the sisters set out to solve their friend’s murder themselves, and maybe save their neighborhood in the bargain. But with Lulu’s killer still on the loose, the girls’ investigation just might put them square in the crosshairs of a coldblooded murderer.

Джо Куань привыкла жить в тени и никому не рассказывать о том, что домом ей служит тайный подвал под типографией. Днем она – горничная жестокой дочки одного из богачей Атланты, а по ночам – анонимный автор газетной колонки советов для благородных леди. Колонка Мисс Ягодки становится безумно популярной, но из-за слишком прогрессивных взглядов у Джо появляются враги. Когда они решают раскрыть истинную личность Мисс Ягодки, на кону оказывается не только тайна, но и вся ее жизнь.

Днем семнадцатилетняя Джо Куань работает горничной у жестокой дочери одного из богачей Атланты, а по ночам ведет анонимную колонку в местной газете. Но из-за излишне прогрессивных взглядов она попадает под прицел самого известного преступника Атланты.

У Валоры Лак есть билет на самый большой и роскошный океанский лайнер в мире и мечта покинуть Англию, чтобы начать новую жизнь в качестве цирковой артистки в Нью-Йорке. Только вот удача отвернулась от нее у трапа: китайцам не разрешают въезжать в Америку. Вал должна попасть на корабль несмотря ни на что, ведь там находятся ее брат-близнец Джейми - член экипажа "Титаника", и влиятельный владелец цирка, к которому Вал надеется попасть на прослушивание. К счастью, для юной акробатки нет ничего невозможного, и Вал оказывается на корабле. Но к счастью ли? Когда однажды ночью начинает происходить немыслимое, все мечты Вал о новой жизни рушатся…

Днем семнадцатилетняя Джо работает горничной у жестокой дочери одного из самых богатых мужчин Атланты, а по ночам ведет анонимную колонку в местной газете. Колонка становится безумно популярной, но из-за излишне прогрессивных взглядов у Джо появляются враги. Они пытаются заставить девушку выйти из тени, и вскоре она попадает под прицел самого известного преступника Атланты.

Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and a dream of leaving England behind and making a life for herself as a circus performer in New York. Much to her surprise though, she's turned away at the gangway; apparently, Chinese people aren't allowed into America.
But Val has to get on that ship. Her twin brother Jamie, who has spent two long years at sea, is there, as is an influential circus owner, whom Val hopes to audition for. Thankfully, there's not much a trained acrobat like Val can't overcome when she puts her mind to it.
As a stowaway, Val should keep her head down and stay out of sight. But the clock is ticking and she has just seven days as the ship makes its way across the Atlantic to find Jamie, perform for the circus owner, and convince him to help get them both into America.
Then one night the unthinkable happens, and suddenly Val's dreams of a new life are crushed under the weight of the only thing that matters: survival.

From the critically acclaimed author of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin British - Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its ill fated maiden voyage.

Southampton, 1912: Seventeen-year-old British-Chinese Valora Luck has quit her job and smuggled herself aboard the Titanic with two goals in mind: to reunite with her twin brother Jamie--her only family now that both their parents are dead--and to convince a part-owner of the Ringling Brothers Circus to take the twins on as acrobats. Quick-thinking Val talks her way into opulent firstclass accommodations and finds Jamie with a group of fellow Chinese laborers in third class. But in the rigidly stratified world of the luxury liner, Val's ruse can only last so long, and after two long years apart, it's unclear if Jamie even wants the life Val proposes. Then, one moonless night in the North Atlantic, the unthinkable happens--the supposedly unsinkable ship is dealt a fatal blow--and Val and her companions suddenly find themselves in a race to survive.

Stacey Lee, master of historical fiction, brings a fresh perspective to an infamous tragedy, loosely inspired by the recently uncovered account of six Titanic survivors of Chinese descent

1906 год, Сан-Франциско. Пятнадцатилетняя китаянка Мерси Вонг — бесстрашная и решительная, уверена: ей покорится любая высота. Она и до луны сможет дотянуться, если захочет! И вскоре Мерси действительно поднимается в небо на воздушном шаре, построенном ее другом Томом. Следующая намеченная вершина — поступление в элитный колледж «только для белых», где учатся дочки городских богачей. И опять не привыкшей отступать перед трудностями Мерси сопутствует удача. Впереди — новые высоты и свершения, но... чудовищная катастрофа в один миг изменила все. Ранним утром 18 апреля страшное землетрясение, самое разрушительное за всю историю Америки,…

1849 год. Миссури. Жизнь юной скрипачки Саманты Янг переворачивается в мгновение ока. В страшном пожаре заживо сгорает ее отец. Отбиваясь от циничного насильника, девушка становится невольной виновницей его смерти. Теперь ей не миновать виселицы и спастись можно только бегством. К счастью, рядом оказывается молодая рабыня Аннамей, тоже готовая на все ради свободы. Переодевшись в мужскую одежду, отчаянные беглянки вливаются в поток одержимых "золотой лихорадкой". Но их преследуют: люди шерифа идут по пятам, чтобы упрятать "преступниц" за решетку. Случайная подмога приходит в лице трех лихих ковбоев, абсолютно уверенных, что их новые друзья —…

Seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan is leading a double life. By day, she works as a lady's maid, navigating life on the margins of a society determined that a person's worth is measured by the colour of their skin. By night, she's the voice behind the most radical advice column in 1890s Atlanta.
Jo is used to feeling invisible, but she won't let it hold her back. While her priority is making sure that she and her father, Old Gin, remain safe in their hideaway beneath a print shop, she still has ambition. And strong opinions of her own that she begins to share in a newspaper advice column under the pseudonym 'Miss Sweetie'. Suddenly, all of Atlanta is talking about her ideas, although little do they know that the witty advice comes from a penniless Chinese girl.
As curiosity about Miss Sweetie mounts, Jo's secret identity may not stay secret for much longer. And as she learns more of the hard truths about her identity and her country, she must find the courage to decide between being herself or staying invisible…

By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel 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, "Dear Miss Sweetie." When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society's ills, but she's not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender.

While her opponents clamor to uncover the secret identity of Miss Sweetie, a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta's most notorious criminal, Jo must decide whether she, a girl used to living in the shadows, is ready to step into the light.

Love chose me, and I tried, but I couldn’t stop the arrow in its flight.

As one of only two aromateurs left on the planet, fifteen-year-old Mimosa knows what her future holds: a lifetime of using her extraordinary sense of smell to mix base notes, top notes, and heart notes into elixirs that help others fall in love.

All while remaining incurably alone.

For Mim, the rules are clear—falling in love would render her nose useless, taking away her one great talent. Still, Mimosa doesn’t want to spend her life elbow-deep in soil and begonias. She dreams of a normal high school existence—taking up a sport and limping away flush from victory, joining the debate club and saying things like “That’s a logical fallacy!” Having a boyfriend.

When she accidentally gives an elixir to the wrong woman and has to rely on the school soccer star to help fix the situation, Mim quickly begins to realize that when it comes to falling in love, the choice isn’t always hers to make.

San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare’s School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare’s is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong—until disaster strikes.

On April 18, an historic earthquake rocks San Francisco, destroying Mercy’s home and school. With martial law in effect, she is forced to wait with her classmates for their families in a temporary park encampment. Mercy can't sit by while they wait for the Army to bring help. Fires might rage, and the city may be in shambles, yet Mercy still has the 'bossy' cheeks that mark her as someone who gets things done. But what can one teenaged girl do to heal so many suffering in her broken city?