The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang

"The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang" is an important book for children and adults alike to read. In America, we have so many cultures living side by side, it's important for us to attempt to understand one another. Dori Jones Yang successfully creates a book that is enjoyable, educational, and inspiring. I feel many people will enjoy this book because they can relate to, in one way or another, the main character Jinna. After moving to Seattle from China, Jinna (Gina as she is dubbed in English), finds herself unable to communicate in school. Not only can she not understand and speak English, but she finds herself unable to speak AT ALL. Soon after, Gina is befriended by another class outcast, Priscilla, and both children are able to overcome their anxieties and issues with the help of each other's friendship. This is an excellent, inspiring book. I hope to read more books by Dori Jones Yang in the future.

The Secret Voice of Gina Zhang is one book that you cannot put down. All though in the beginning, it is sort of boring, once you get through a few chapters, you will not stop reading it until you finish.

This book deserved 200 stars. I loved it the from the moment i started reading it. It is masterful and wonderful. It is appropriate for a large range of ages (i would say from 8 to 15). The suspense is wonderful, and the ending is MARVELOUS! At the beginning, it may seem a bit dull, but if you read on to the 3 or 4th chapter, you will fall in love and not be able to put this book dowm. The plot is remarkable, and it always seems to have you waiting to see how this wonderfully creative girl will solve new problems. Read this book, and see how GREAT it really is for yourself.

This is a remarkably informative novel, full of inspiration and help to the thousands of children who have moved to the USA in the last decade. Dear Abby had a good example in her column Nov. 1 on how a wonderful teacher dealt with a bewildered non English speaking student by gaining the child's confidence which led to the little girls happiness and success in becoming a good student by learning English through a loving and caring teacher. Girls will love this book because of good story telling and uthe author's use of imagination and fantasy to reach a happy ending.It's good guess work for the student reading the book to try to figure out how the story will end. Submitted by Letitia Sherman of La Jolla, Ca. USA

I enjoyed this book because it was about a girl "Gina" who came to America not knowing any English. At school she could not talk at all in Chinese or English. Gina has a great imagination and she doesn't want anybody else to know about it. She meets a girl " Priscilla" and they become friends and she helps Gina. The adventure and suspense of what's going to happen next keeps the pages turning.