Uprooted
A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back
Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · September 10, 2024
Perfect for fans of New Kid and A First Time for Everything, a joyful and tearful debut middle grade graphic memoir about one girl being uprooted when she moves to Hong Kong, a place where her family fits in but, for her, it's nothing like home.
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- Who it’s for
- A tender, funny-edged graphic memoir about the distance between family belonging and feeling at home.
- Themes
- Adjusting to a new home, Belonging, Family resilience
- Genres
- Comics Biographies, Immigration & Emigration, Asian American Life (U.S.)
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Perfect for fans of New Kid and A First Time for Everything, a joyful and tearful debut middle grade graphic memoir about one girl being uprooted when she moves to Hong Kong, a place where her family fits in but, for her, it's nothing like home. Ruth Chan loves her hometown in Toronto, hanging out with her best friends for life, and snacking on ketchup flavored potato chips, which are the best.
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What Ruth doesn’t love is having to move to Hong Kong after her dad gets a new job there. Her mom is excited to reunite with her family, but it’s not the same for Ruth. In Hong Kong, her classes are harder, her Cantonese isn’t good enough, and her parents are never around. Ruth feels lonely and completely uprooted. But as Ruth’s dad tells stories about her family, about how they relied on their strength, courage, and each other to survive the most difficult times, Ruth realizes that she too can be strong. Gradually, she puts down roots, knowing that home will always be where her heart is.
Finding Home
A tender, funny-edged graphic memoir about the distance between family belonging and feeling at home.
Come here for
- The ache of starting over somewhere your family already knows
- A child’s view of belonging, homesickness, and family roots
Expect
- Joy and tears in a personal account of feeling uprooted
- A gradual, heartfelt shift toward finding strength and putting down roots
Where it sits
| Comics Biographies | 93% |
|---|---|
| Immigration & Emigration | 65% |
| Asian American Life (U.S.) | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Asian American Life (U.S.)
- Comics Biographies
- Authors
- Ruth Chan
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- September 10, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Adjusting to a new home · Belonging · Family resilience
- Reading lane
- Asian American Life (U.S.)