Kabir has been in jail since the day he was born, because his mom is serving time for a crime she didn't commit. Then one day a new warden arrives and announces Kabir is too old to stay.
It all begins on the night Rea turns twelve. After a big fight with her twin brother Rohan on their birthday, Rea's life in the small village of Darjeeling, India, gets turned on its head when Rohan is nowhere to be found.
These books tell all kinds of love stories, many of which take place at unexpected moments and in unexpected places and featuring characters who must grapple with identity, family, duty, and culture along the way.
They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United States while their wealthy parents remain in Asia.
By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta.
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When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983, she was ready for her world to open up. But literature class would prove to be just the start of a massive turning point, with life-or-death stakes she never could have imagined.
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After World War II has ended, twelve-year-old Hanako feels lost. America, the only home she's ever known, imprisoned then rejected her and her family, along with thousands of other innocent Americans, because of their Japanese heritage.
In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when he’s forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lévy of Paris, France ― a girl. He thought she was a boy.
For as long as she can remember, it’s been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea wasn’t always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together.