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Islandborn

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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination.

A 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration

Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Hers was a school of faraway places.

So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island—she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories—joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening—Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: “Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.”

Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us—to our families, to our past and to ourselves.

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Availability

26346	D	Picture Book	Available
27081	D	Picture Book	Available

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Series Title

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Call Number

D

Publisher

New York, USA : Dial Books for Young Readers., 2018

Collation

32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780735229860

Classification

NONE

Content Type

text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Picture books for children
Schools
Islands
Dominican Americans
Dominican Republic

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