Jane Kuo
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Pub. Date
2022
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For fans of Jasmine Warga and Thanhhà Lại, this is a stunning novel in verse about a young Taiwanese immigrant to America who is confronted by the stark difference between dreams and reality.
Anna can't wait to move to the beautiful country—the Chinese name for America. Although she's only ever known life in Taiwan, she can't help but brag about the move to her family and friends.
But the beautiful
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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313 pages ; 22 cm.
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Arriving in America, the so-called beautiful country, Anna, a young Taiwanese girl, finds it anything but beautiful as she and her family struggle to make a place for themselves in this world and learn the true meaning of home.
Anna's family is moving from Taiwan to California in America, the beautiful country. But it is nothing like what she imagined: their one-bedroom apartment is tiny. At school she is taunted for the food she brings. The restaurant...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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229 pages ; 22 cm
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"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...
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Taiwanese immigrant Anna and her family make a shocking discovery that puts their American dreams at risk in this searing companion to In the Beautiful Country, which Gene Luen Yang called "vivid and hopeful."
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...