Islandborn
by Junot Díaz
A powerful tale about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination
A New York Times bestseller, April 2018
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Hers was a school of faraway places.
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.
EducationMulticultural EducationJuvenile NonfictionHumorComic Strips & CartoonsSocial Topics
RELEASED2018
PUBLISHEROneworld Publications
LENGTH48
LANGUAGEEN
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Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Islandborn
by Junot Díaz
A powerful tale about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination
A New York Times bestseller, April 2018
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Hers was a school of faraway places.
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.
EducationMulticultural EducationJuvenile NonfictionHumorComic Strips & CartoonsSocial TopicsPrejudice & RacismJuvenile Fiction
RELEASED2018
PUBLISHEROneworld Publications
LENGTH48
LANGUAGEEN
Dominican-American writer and creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
