Islandborn
About this book
"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"--
Subjects
Dominican AmericansPicture booksJuvenile fictionImmigrantsFictionSchoolsEmigration and immigrationIslandsHistorynyt:picture-books=2018-04-01New York Times bestsellerChildren's fictionIslands, fictionImmigrants, fictionSchools, fictionDominican republic, fictionAfrica, fictionaward:Pura_Belpre_awardlexile:600lexile_range:601-700lexile_code:ADage:min:2age:max:8grade:min:Kindergarten