Francine knows her A Gung loves her, but she also knows that deep down, he would have preferred it if she had been born a boy. After all, boys take care of the family, girls marry into other people's - at least according to her grandfather's generation. With A Gung's health deteriorating, Francine is on a mission to reassure him that the family name will continue once he is gone. So what if it's the twenty-first century? Francine is going to bring Gung the boy he always wanted. Enter Ollie. Francine's former crush, and about as all-American as can be. Ollie's family rarely talk about their Chinese-Vietnamese roots. Could helping Francine finally give him insight into his history and heritage? But as Francine and Ollie spend more time together, Ollie finds himself wondering, is Francine actually the girl he has always wanted?