A review by aoosterwyk
Chasing Secrets by Gennifer Choldenko

3.0

This story takes place in San Francisco during the early 1900s. The bubonic plague has struck in Chinatown. Lizzie dreams of becoming a doctor one day, just like her father, but girls aren't allowed and she doesn't fit in at Miss Barstow's school for the daughters of the wealthy and connected. There is a quarantine keeping the Chinese in Chinatown and their cook, Jing, is trapped away from their home. Lizzie works to free Jing and finally makes a friend at school and an unexpected one at home.
This story will appeal to students who like characters who are kind and who challenge the rules. There are notes at the end of the book giving documentation for the historical facts.