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Díaz, Junot

Islandborn

48 pp. | Dial | March, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7352-2986-0 $17.99 | Spanish ISBN 978-0-525-55281-9 $17.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Espinosa. Spanish-language edition translated by Teresa Mlawer. In an unnamed U.S. city, Lola is given homework to draw "the country you are originally from," which Lola doesn't remember. The elderly apartment-building superintendent finally tells her "a monster"--a stand in for political destabilization--"fell upon our poor Island"; Lola's concluding drawing shows her homeland (likely the Dominican Republic) in its complexity. A welcome community and immigration story with vibrant illustrations of city and island life. Also available in Spanish.
Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2018

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