Parachute kids / Betty C. Tang.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 281 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338832686
- 1338832689
- 9781338832693
- 1338832697
- Taiwanese Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction
- Noncitizens -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction
- Siblings -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction
- Separation (Psychology) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction
- Graphic novels -- United States
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Northport Library | Children's Graphic Novel | Display | PARACHUT KIDS | On hold | 33111009471950 | 1 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An extraordinary story about living on your own as an undocumented immigrant.
Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first trip to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks, she and her siblings learn that they will remain indefinitely in California while first their father and then their mother returns to Taiwan.
Suddenly Feng Li and her siblings are thrust into an alien world where the fear of being discovered by immigration become a daily reality.
Parachute Kids digs deep into the hardships and psychological challenges of being left to fend for yourself in an unfamiliar place, while celebrating the comical moments and the incredible courage it takes to make a life on your own. Betty C. Tang is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Jacky Ha-Haseries of graphic novels by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.Ages 8-12 Scholastic, Inc.
Grades 2-3 Scholastic, Inc.
After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.