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392 pp.
| Simon |
February, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-1109-7$16.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-4814-1111-0
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Amy June Bates.
When her adoptive American mother is deported from China, Kara, who was abandoned as an infant and who has a malformed hand, is sent to an orphanage. She's adopted by another American family and brought to the U.S. Illustrated with black-and-white spot art, the affecting first-person account in lyrical verse unveils the Chinese one-child policy and strict international adoption rules.