The Language Inside
Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers, New York, 2013
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- Title
- The Language Inside
- Author
- Thompson, Holly
- Publisher
- Delacorte Books for Young Readers, New York
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385739796
- ISBN 13
- 9780385739795
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Young Readers
A nuanced novel in verse that explores identit, friendship, love, loss, and home in a multicultural world.
For Emma Karas, Japan is home. It is where she has lived almost her entire life. But when her mother falls ill, Emma’s family moves in with her grandmother, back in Massachusetts. Emma is desperately homesick. She feels out of place in the U.S. and starts to get painful migraines. Then Emma begins volunteering at a long-term care center, helping a patient, Zena, write down her poems. There, Emma meets Samnang, a cute boy from her high school. As the weeks pass, Emma and Samnang grow close. But when Emma is given the choice, will she stay in Massachusetts, or return home to Japan?
An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
A Bankstreet Best Book of the Year
A Notable Books for a Global Society Selection
A Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
“With beautiful language and deep sensitivity, Holly Thompson explores the courage it takes to find your own voice.” —Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award finalistNever Fall Down
“Pulsing with pain and passion, with humor, heart, and hope.” —Sonya Sones, author ofWhat My Mother Doesn’t Know and To Be Perfectly Honest
*“Thompson captures perfectly the feeling of belonging elsewhere. A sensitiveand compelling read that will inspire teens to contemplate how they can make a difference.” —School Library Journal,Starred
“Thompson nimbly braids political tragedy, natural disaster, PTSD, connections among families, and a cautious, quiet romance into an elegant whole. This is anartistic picture of devastation, fragility, bonds and choices.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Thompson, working in a free-verse style that becomes a seamless piece of a world imbued with poetry, weaves [the plot strands] together skillfully. The result is atouching portrait of Emma working through loss and opportunity as Lowell becomes not just “not-Japan,” but the site of new connections and a possibleromance.” —Publishers Weekly
“The vivid imagery in the lyrical free verse lends immediacy to Emma’s turbulent feelings. Readers will finish the book knowing that, like Zena, the Cambodian refugees, and the tsunami victims, Emma has the strength to ‘a hundred times fall down / a hundred and one times get up.’” —The Horn Book Magazine
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About the Author
HOLLY THOMPSON grew up in New England. She earned a BA in biology from Mount Holyoke College and an MA in English with a concentration in creative writing from New York University. A longtime resident of Japan, she teaches creative writing at Yokohama City University. Her previous young adult novel, is Orchards.
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