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New from Here by Kelly Yang
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller!This "timely and compelling" (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans's mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move--and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work.
At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he's from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn't even know when he'll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox's blurting-things-out problem.
As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country. Can you belong if you're feared; can you protect if you're new? And how do you keep a family together when you're oceans apart? Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.
Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, Parachutes, and Three Keys, which won the 2019 Asian Pacific American Prize for Children's Fiction. Front Desk also received the Parents' Choice Gold Award, was chosen the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and was designated a top book of the year by Amazon, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and NPR, among other accolades. KellyYang.com has further information.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781534488304 |
| ISBN 10 | 1534488308 |
| Title | New from Here |
| Author | Kelly Yang |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Year published | 2022-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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