Jane Kuo
Author of In the Beautiful Country
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- Works
- 4
- Members
- 57
- Popularity
- #287,973
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 13
Anna is the American name the 11-year-old daughter of the family assumes for herself after the move. If her parents are struggling to stay afloat financially, she is struggling to fit in at school. The other students are racist bullies, and she only knows rudimentary English at the start.
The book recounts the journey the family goes through during their first year in the States through Anna’s eyes. Along the way Anna learns what usually tends to lie at the root of bullying, and by the end things might not look so bleak anymore.
This was a really quick read, and I’m sure it would be a helpful book for any middle grade aged children to read and learn empathy.… (more)