Study Guide

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Characters

By Jamie Ford

Pretty much the whole world might be stacked against him, but Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy...

Even though everyone else sees Keiko as a Japanese girl and the enemy, she's insistent on the...

Marty Lee is Henry's college-aged son and the only family Henry has left now that his wife has...

When Henry meets his soon-to-be daughter-in-law, he's surprised to see that she isn't Chinese....

Sheldon—an African American street musician whom Henry passes on his way to and from...

Henry's father is definitely a strong traditionalist and a tough guy. He expects his wife and son...

There are ways in which Henry's mother is traditional—for instance, she only speaks Chinese...

Henry is super nervous when he first meets Keiko's parents, but over time he gets to know them...

At first, Mrs. Beatty, the no-nonsense lunch lady, doesn't seem to care what happens to Henry....

Henry and Keiko are the only Asian kids at an otherwise all-white school, and they're harassed...

When the book opens up, Henry Lee's wife, Ethel, is already dead. Still, she definitely leaves an...