When her brother, Danny, takes his own life, his sister, Maybelline struggles to deal with the racist accusations launched against her Chinese Taiwanese American family by a parent from her high school. May, reeling from her incredible loss, is now stunned to realize that Asians are being blamed for not only Danny's suicide, but the four previous suicides over the past year and a half between the two high schools in her area. As more parents speak about the amount of pressure and stress Asians place on their children, May, moved by anger and preserving Danny's memory, responds with a poem which is published by the local newspaper. As a string of events begin to unravel after her poem is printed, May is confronted with the truth of racism; what it means, how it is displayed, how others are affected and the direct impact it may have on her family. How far is she willing to go to stop the accusations? What is she willing to sacrifice to have her voice heard? I would not recommen...