Prairie lotus /
Park, Linda Sue,
Prairie lotus / Linda Sue Park. - 261 pages ; 22 cm
Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story. Narrated by Hanna, the novel has poignant moments yet sparkles with humor, introducing a captivating heroine whose wry, observant voice will resonate with readers. In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
9781328781505 132878150X
2019007372
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Dakota Territory--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Juvenile fiction.
Dressmaking--Juvenile fiction.
Dakota Territory--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Prairie lotus / Linda Sue Park. - 261 pages ; 22 cm
Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story. Narrated by Hanna, the novel has poignant moments yet sparkles with humor, introducing a captivating heroine whose wry, observant voice will resonate with readers. In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
9781328781505 132878150X
2019007372
Racially mixed people--Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Dakota Territory--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Racism--Juvenile fiction.
Dressmaking--Juvenile fiction.
Dakota Territory--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.