Pub Date: October 6, 2020
Dewey: 305.89597207
LCCN: 2019050935
Lexile Code: 0850
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 09
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 11.10" L x 9.40" W ( 0.94 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Cultural and Regional | Women | Asian American and Pacific Islander | Family | Multigenerational
Description: A beautiful and touching true story about a refugee family and a girl whose grandmother helps her find beauty in a most unexpected way
Brief description: Kao Kalia Yang is a Hmong American writer, teacher and public speaker. Born in the refugee camps of Thailand to a family that escaped the genocide of the Secret War in Laos, she came to America at the age six. Yang holds degrees from Carleton College and Columbia University. Her work has won numerous awards and recognition including multiple Minnesota Book Awards, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, an ALA Notable Children's Book Award, the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Dayton's Literary Peace Prize, and a PEN USA Award in Nonfiction.
Review Quotes:
"A sincere narrative that centers on the power of family love."--starred, School Library Journal
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