NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding member of WNDB.
"The beauty of their shared home does not come from any single person, but instead from the sum of their experiences" -Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR12 Families. 12 Cultures. 1 Building.Welcome to the Entrada, home to these everyday Americans, includingthe new kid on the block, who is both homesick and curiousa Popsicle-bridge builder, a ghost hunter, and a lion dancer their families, friends, and neighbors from all around the world!
Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology features award-winning authors
Tracey Baptiste, David Bowles, Adrianna Cuevas, Sayantani DasGupta, Debbi Michiko Florence, Adam Gidwitz, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Andrea Wang, and Jasmine Warga. These inspiring stories celebrate family, friendship, culture, and American immigrant life today.
On sale: October 22, 2024
Age: 8-12 years
Grade: Grades 6-8
Page count: 208 Pages
ISBN: 9780593648445
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of middle-grade and young adult novels, including
Haru, Zombie Dog Hero; Finding Junie Kim; The Dragon Egg Princess; the Spirit Hunters trilogy; and
The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee. She has also edited and contributed to
On the Block: Stories of Home,
You Are Here: Connecting Flights and
Flying Lessons & Other Stories. She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in children’s literature. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband, three human children, and two dog children.
★ "
A superbly rendered love letter to identity and heritage."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "
[A] rollicking collection, which maintains an air of positivity, empathy, cooperation, and inclusion throughout.... will leave readers wanting more."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "These stories ebb and flow together in such a way that the reader feels like a resident of the Entrada themself, and thus feels part of
a vibrant, loving community where everyone can belong." —
Booklist, starred review
★ “
A genuine celebration of family, friends, and the immigrant experience.” —
School Library Journal, starred review
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An engaging, thought-provoking collection that can be read from front to back for a more novelistic approach or experienced (and savored) by dipping in and out." —
The Horn Book
