Jane Kuo
Author
Language
English
Description
"After a rocky first year, Anna's family have settled into life in California--their small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: their visas have expired. Anna's world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like "undocumented" and "inequality." She longs to share the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life with a friend, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone. As Anna...
Author
Language
English
Description
This emotional debut novel in verse, inspired by the authors own experiences, is about a young Taiwanese girl who emigrates to America and finds a stark difference between her dreams and her reality. Anna is counting the days until her family gets to move to America--the so-called beautiful country--though shes only ever known life in Taiwan. But the beautiful country isnt at all what Anna pictured. Her family can only afford a cramped one-bedroom...