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Most Beautiful Thing

Contributor(s): Yang, Kao Kalia (Author), Le, Khoa (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781541561915

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)

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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

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000512944 ( Most Beautiful Thing)

Reading level: 4.20

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

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

-- (11/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)

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