P.P. Wong puts down her life as a BBC into a book

For her debut novel, Wong drew on her experience of being an ‘inbetweener’ – ‘Not really white, not really Chinese. Someone who lives between two cultures,’. — GUO SHENG

It was a terrible sight for an eight-year-old girl to witness: one boy beating up another right in front of her.

She knew she could not stand by and do nothing. A sense of justice boiled up within her. Mustering her courage, she carefully stepped towards the bully.