Robin Ha
Young adult
This nonfiction graphic novel with four starred reviews is an excellent choice for teens and also accelerated tween readers, both for independent reading and units on immigration, memoirs, and the search for identity.
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Leaving, arriving, and the cost of making a new home.
Young adult. Leaving and arriving, without treating either as a metaphor.
What did this family bring that would not fit in a bag?
End of a chapter: the choice you would have made, and why they didn't.
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