He, like many teens, does not appreciate them. His mother is sweet and his father awkward. The story focuses primarily on Vee’s family. As he goes through the identity crisis that is being a teenager, various school assignments and his own curiosity lead him to want to know about the vast void of his family tree. He doesn’t know any of his grandparents or what his parents’ lives were like before they met. He feels weird-looking and like he doesn’t fit in, especially because his family unit is so separated from everything. I’m always really impressed when authors do first person narration of the opposite gender well, so major props. Until I sat down to start writing this review, I actually had no idea the author was a woman, since she did the first initial thing to keep the book from being marketed to girls (it’s sad that this is necessary). Vee definitely feels like a real and flawed teen boy, with his various fantasies and grumpiness with his situation in life. Most impressive I think is the first person male narration. While I wasn’t totally captured by The Counterfeit Family Tree, I did like it and am impressed by Holland’s debut. The Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong is the story of his search for himself, his family’s past, and for a girlfriend. Vee Crawford Wong, like many teenagers isn’t happy and doesn’t have a good conception of who he is.
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