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Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kanzi, the immigrant girl of The Arabic Quilt, has come to feel welcome in her American school--that is, until an entire shelf of books about Black, brown, and immigrant children suddenly disappears from the school library. But Kanzi's classmates, with their teacher's help, take action against the school district's ban.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Publishing Group Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kalia will never tell her mother about the moment she decided to stop speaking English. There is a rock in her throat, and it grows heavier by the day.
In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee in the United States navigating two cultures and two languages. She sees what happens as her parents enter the English-speaking world and are met with rudeness and disrespect. And in a silent act of rebellion,...