With the reluctant help of her older brother Billy, she tries to get their cook out of the quarantine. Her cook is trapped in Chinatown’s quarantine, there is a new boy living in secret upstairs, and there is still the lingering question of why everyone is waiting on the monkey. There are rumors of the plague in San Francisco. But, under the watchful eyes of her wealthy aunt and uncle, Lizzie is barely allowed to answer medical calls with her papa. As Lizzie befriends Noah, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about Chinese and American relations in San Francisco.Īn excellent book about friendship, family, tolerance, and finding strength in adversity.Ĭhasing Secrets is a captivating story about a thirteen-year-old girl named Elizabeth Kennedy, who yearns to go to college and become a doctor. The family’s beloved Chinese cook disappears and Lizzie discovers his son Noah hiding on the third floor of their house. There are rumors of plague, denied by the newspapers and society doctors. Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Kennedy has no greater concerns than navigating friendships at school and dreaming about following in her physician father’s footsteps, but when San Francisco’s Chinatown is placed under quarantine in 1900, suddenly life is more complicated. Review by Ellen Brockmole Jessica Brockmole
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