Follett Content Book Detail: Islandborn by Diaz, Junot

Name: Islandborn
Author: Diaz, Junot
ISBN: [978-0-7352-2986-0,0-7352-2986-4]

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Islandborn

Author: Diaz, Junot

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Follett Number: 1272WK0
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-2986-0
ISBN-10: 0-7352-2986-4
LCCN: 2017-006468
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

Subjects:

Africa Emigration and Immigration Fiction

Dominican Americans Fiction

Dominican Republic History 1930-1961 Fiction

Immigrants Fiction

Islands Fiction

Picture Books

Schools Fiction

"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland . . . and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--Provided by

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From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A 2019 Pura Belpre 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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