Name: Home in a Lunchbox
Author: Mo, Cherry
ISBN: [978-0-593-66134-5,0-593-66134-6]

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Home in a Lunchbox

Author: Mo, Cherry

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Follett Number: 2512REX
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Penguin Workshop, 2024
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-593-66134-5
ISBN-10: 0-593-66134-6
LCCN: 2024-013413
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

Subjects:

Belonging Fiction

Lunch Fiction

Moving (Households) Fiction

Picture Books

Schools Fiction

"Ages 4-8"--Dust jacket. After moving to America from Hong Kong, Jun feels isolated at her new school but discovers a sense of home in the familiar foods and flavors she finds in her lunchbox.

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**WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT HONOR** Cherry Mo's stunning debut is about a young girl who immigrates to America and finds home in an unexpected place. When Jun moves from Hong Kong to America, the only words she knows are hello, thank you, I don't know, and toilet. Her new school feels foreign and terrifying. But when she opens her lunchbox to find her favorite meals-like bao, dumplings, and bok choy-she realizes home isn't so far away after all. Through lush art and spare dialogue, Cherry Mo's breathtakingly beautiful debut picture book reminds readers that friendship and belonging can be found in every bite.

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