INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Sonnichsen, A. L.

Red Butterfly

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Amy June Bates. When her adoptive American mother is deported from China, Kara, who was abandoned as an infant and who has a malformed hand, is sent to an orphanage. She's adopted by another American family and brought to the U.S. Illustrated with black-and-white spot art, the affecting first-person account in lyrical verse unveils the Chinese one-child policy and strict international adoption rules.

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