EAN: 9780062685094

ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL - ROBIN HA KARTONIERT (TB)

Harvey Award Nominee  Best Children or Young Adult Book   A powerful and moving teen graphic
novel memoir about immigration  belonging  and how arts can save a life ?perfect for fans of
American Born Chinese and Hey  Kiddo . For as long as she can remember  it's been Robin and her
mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul  Korea  wasn't
always easy  but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in
Huntsville  Alabama  unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation?following her mother's
announcement that she's getting married?Robin is devastated. Overnight  her life changes. She
is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep
up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved
comics. At home  she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily  and worst of all  she is furious
with the one person she is closest to?her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a
local comic drawing class  which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.
This nonfiction graphic novel with four starred reviews is an excellent choice for teens and
also accelerated tween readers  both for independent reading and units on immigration  memoirs
and the search for identity.

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