Land of Broken Promises: A Middle Grade Novel in Verse about Immigration, Identity, and Being Undocumented for Kids (Ages 8-12)
Language: English
Published by Quill Tree Books, 2023
- Hardcover
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- Title
- Land of Broken Promises: A Middle Grade Novel in Verse about Immigration, Identity, and Being Undocumented for Kids (Ages 8-12)
- Author
- Kuo, Jane
- Publisher
- Quill Tree Books
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0063119048
- ISBN 13
- 9780063119048
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.
* A Cooperative Children''s Book Center Choices List Selection *
After a rocky first year, Annas family has settled into life in Californiatheir small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: Their visas have expired.
Annas world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like undocumented and inequality. She longs to share with a friend the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone.
As Anna grapples with the complexities of being undocumented, the strain that it places on her family, and the loneliness of keeping it all to herself, she has to wonderif America is the promised land, why does everything shes hoped for feel like a lie?
Perfect for fans of Kelly Yang, Reem Faruqi, and Jasmine Warga, this middle grade novel in verse, inspired by the authors own experiences, focuses on themes of legal documentation, identity, and languages ability to divide and unite.
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About the Author
Jane Kuo is an Asian American writer who grew up in Los Angeles in the 1980s. Jane's novels In the Beautiful Country and Land of Broken Promises are fictional stories inspired by the weekends and summers she spent working in her family's fast food restaurant. Please visit her online at janekuo.com.
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