Katie Goes to KL

Author(s): Su-May Tan

Young Adult

A coming-of-age tale of love and cultural reconnection set in modern-day Kuala Lumpur KATIE CHEN, 16, lives in the unremarkable suburb of Narre Warren in Australia with her somewhat reclusive Malaysian father. Coming to Australia when she was 5 and losing her mother at 7, she has always struggled with issues of identity. One day, she goes back to Malaysia for her grandmother's funeral and discovers that her mother - long-thought-dead - is alive. Set in a fictionalised Kuala Lumpur (KL), Katie struggles to reconnect with her mother whom she discovers is Malay. Navigating KL's underground music scene and the underlying tensions of a country she doesn't understand, how far is Katie willing to go to find a place to belong?


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9789815127812
  • : Penguin Random House SEA Pte. Ltd.
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : 268.0
  • : 01 December 2023
  • : {"length"=>["8.5"], "width"=>["5.25"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Su-May Tan
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 240
  • : YFB