A Step from Heaven
β Scribed by Na, An
- Book ID
- 109191855
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781481442350
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β¦ Synopsis
From master storyteller An Na comes the Printz Awardβwinning novel about a Korean girl who tells her firsthand account of trying to find her place and identity in America from the day she leaves Korea as a child to her rocky journey through the teenage years.
At age four, Young Ju moves with her parents from Korea to Southern California. She has always imagined America would be like heaven: easy, blissful, and full of riches. But when her family arrives, she finds it to be the opposite. With a stubborn language barrier and cultural dissimilarities, not only is it impossible to make friends, but even her family's internal bonds are wavering. Her parents' finances are strained, yet her father's stomach is full of booze.
As Young Ju's once solid and reliable family starts tearing apart, her younger brother begins to gain more freedom and respect simply because of his gender. Young Ju begins to lose all hope in the dream she once heldβthe heaven she longs for....
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