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I liked this novel because it taught you many different things. For example, it taught you many different Chinese traditions and how hard it was growing up being a girl in a traditional Chinese house and that is also why it makes this novel unique and remarkable. My overall impression of this book would be good and I recommend this book to others, but mostly girls because it is about a girl's life.


fifth Chinese Daugther   August 21, 2003
 4 out of 6 found this review helpful

The book 'Fifth Chinese Daughter" was a wonderful book. I recomend it to everyone out there who has not read it. Jade Snow tells about her life story in vivid details throughout the book. One of my top 10!


A Young Lady Growing Up in San Fransisco   August 15, 2003
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

In the book Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong, the author tells readers about her childhood as a Chinese girl living in San Francisco. Ms. Wong gives readers a chance to see what life was like growing up during the early 1900's as a Chinese girl. Throughout the book, you learn many things Chinese-Americans do which are different from American customs. Readers are given an idea of how Chinese-American's raised their families during that time. The author shows in vivid detail what happened to her and what she had to work for in her childhood.
Jade Snow was brought up in a household that made sure their children knew their native culture as well as the culture around them. Since an early age, Jade was given Chinese lessons by her father until she was old enough to attend Chinese school everyday after her American classes were over. The book chronicles Jade's life from her early childhood to when she becomes a young woman living on her own. Throughout the book, you see Jade learn to do the shopping for the family, cope with problems in school like discrimination, get into college on her own, and find jobs for herself.
There were many things I liked about this book. Even though, this book isn't like the books I normally read, it was very hard to put down. The author writes her story in graphic details, which pulled me into the book. I loved how she talked about her father in many ways, how some days he believed in her and others, he had no confidence in her. Also, I believe that Jade was a strong girl throughout her childhood. This is because she had to live with such strict rules in her household like respecting her elders, and how if she or her siblings did anything wrong, they would get punished by getting whipped.
If I were to compare this novel with others I have read, I would have to say that this novel is in my top 50 books I have ever read. I found that every page I turned in this book, I was wondering what would happen next. This novel was very fun to read because I liked learning about what life was like for a young Chinese-American Women growing up during the early 1900's.
I would most likely recommend this novel to another, unless the person did not like autobiographies. I would recommend this book to people who like reading about people of different cultures. Jade Snow's book is geared more to people who like to read about people's cultures, but I think many would find this book very interesting.


My review of fifth chinese daughter: by Katherine   August 12, 2003
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

For my summery I chose to do the book the Fifth Chinese Daughter. What I liked about the novel was that it was explaining a culture so unlike my own, that it would have been hard to imagine if the author had not described it so well. Jade Snow Wong explained everything so that any one not familiar with the Chinese culture could understand. One thing that I thought was interesting, but that I didn't like, was that she wrote the story in third person, and not the first person like many other books where the author talks about him(her)self in first person.
This book was very different from the other books on my list. It was the only autobiography, and the only work of non-fiction out of all of the books on my list. I think that it was the best book out of all of the books on the list because it was such an interesting tale, and yet it was non-fiction. My Impression on the novel was a good one, and I would recommend it to others because it shows you that their really are cultures totally different from your own.


Fifth Chinese Daughter   August 11, 2003
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Jade Snow Wong grew up in San Francisco in a China town with her traditional Chinese family. While she lived with her family, she had been taught rules with a hurtful punishment, attended two different schools at the same time (a public school, which she skips grades, and a Chinese school), and while she was not at school, she was helping to cook a meal or, doing house hold chores. Throughout Jade Snow's life she wanted freedom from everyone, so she went to collage. There she experienced change, humor, excitement, and happiness.

This delighting novel is very educational and fun to read. (That is why I liked it.) This book should be spread around the country or even world, because it is so interesting and you learn a lot from it.