How to Build a Homecoming Queen: A Guide by a Bad Asian Girl
ShortStory 5,770 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"We put my body double together in June Lee’s basement. Her mom was one of those chill Asian moms who liked having an artsy-fartsy daughter she could brag about at Bible study. She was already pushing the whole portfolio-for-college-apps deal, so she didn’t mind staying out of the basement..."
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