Parachutes

By: Kelly Yang

Narrated by: Cassie Simone, Karissa Vacker

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma.

They’re called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia. Claire Wang never thought she’d be one of them, until her parents pluck her from her privileged life in Shanghai and enroll her at a high school in California.

Suddenly she finds herself living in a stranger’s house, with no one to tell her what to do for the first time in her life. She soon embraces her newfound freedom, especially when the hottest and most eligible parachute, Jay, asks her out.

Dani De La Cruz, Claire’s new host sister, couldn’t be less thrilled that her mom rented out a room to Claire. An academic and debate team star, Dani is determined to earn her way into Yale, even if it means competing with privileged kids who are buying their way to the top. But Dani’s game plan veers unexpectedly off course when her debate coach starts working with her privately.

As they steer their own distinct paths, Dani and Claire keep crashing into one another, setting a course that will change their lives forever.

A must read!

Emotional, perfectly paced plot and heart-rendering book for any age and gender. Highly recommended.

Definitely a must listen!!!

This book was really good. It does hit some sensitive topics. I loved that it’s not something I would normally pick up to read but learning about “parachute” students was really interesting. Please read this!

Empowering Book

Parachutes had great characters and a plot that makes me feel hopeful about overcoming obstacles. My favorite voice actor was Claire, and the overall voice acting was genuine. I found it difficult to listen to the more graphic scenes, but I listened anyway because they really were important and relatable. Books like this are so necessary, and it made me think about how im going to share my story and help prevent stuff like this.

So glad that women......

So glad that women all over are standing up against the horrible injustices that have been happening for years. May God continue to give them strength to do so.

Incredibly moving

I couldn't put out down. Kelly Yang is such a talented writer. She sucked me in with great characters and poignant themes. This is such an important book to read; I'm recommending it to all my friends!