Are You Nobody Too?
Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · August 27, 2024
After years of discomfort as the only Chinese student at her private middle school, Emily transfers to Chinatown's I.S.
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- Who it’s for
- A quiet, lyrical read that invites discussion without over-explaining itself.
- Genres
- Adoption Stories, Poetry, Growing Up
- Published
- Random House Children's Books, August 27, 2024
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After years of discomfort as the only Chinese student at her private middle school, Emily transfers to Chinatown's I.S. 23 for 8th Grade and ends up feeling more disconnected than ever. In this coming-of-age novel-in-verse, will Emily be able to find her way or will she lose herself completely? After a year of distance-learning, Emily Sofer finds her world turned upside down: she has to leave the only school she's ever known to attend a public school in Chinatown.
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For the first time, Emily isn't the only Chinese student around...but looking like everyone else doesn't mean that understanding them will be easy--especially with an intimidating group of cool girls Emily calls The Five. When Emily discovers that her adoptive parents have been keeping a secret, she feels even more uncertain about who she is. A chance discovery of Emily Dickinson's poetry helps her finally feel seen. . . but can the words of a writer from 200 years ago help her open up again, and find common ground with the Five?
Quiet Pull
A quiet, lyrical read that invites discussion without over-explaining itself.
Come here for
- poetic family focus
- adoption-story angle
Expect
- conversation-friendly themes
- sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| Adoption Stories | 61% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 57% |
| Poetry | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adoption Stories
- Growing Up
- Poetry
- Authors
- Tina Cane
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- August 27, 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Adoption Stories