![]() ![]() Qian goes to school hungry, where she teaches herself English through library books, her only source of comfort. Instead of laughing at her jokes or watching her sing and dance, they fight constantly. In Chinatown, Qian's parents work in sweatshops and sushi factories. ![]() In China, Qian's parents were professors in America, her family is "illegal" and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. Book Synopsis The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world-an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent "Heartrending, unvarnished, and powerfully courageous, this account of growing up undocumented in America will never leave you.-Gish Jen, author of The Resisters In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country." Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. ![]()
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