Fresh Off the Boat
- ISBN-10
- 0060545402
- ISBN-13
- 9780060545406
- Series
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-04-01
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Melissa de la Cruz
Description
When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, California, fourteen-year-old Vicenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school.
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