Tom Xia emigrated from mainland China to California at age 8. A series of Chinese toy recalls forces Tom’s neighbors, the Joneses, to have their son tested for lead poisoning. With China’s ascent to world superpower status heating up American fears, Tom challenges the Joneses to make it through the Christmas season without any Chinese products, beginning a journey to find American identity among all the American media hype, Chinese nationalist propaganda and cultural misunderstandings.
