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Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir

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Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book

A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo.

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.

So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation—following her mother's announcement that she's getting married—Robin is devastated.

Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to—her mother.

Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.

This nonfiction graphic novel with four starred reviews is an excellent choice for teens and also accelerated tween readers, both for independent reading and units on immigration, memoirs, and the search for identity.

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ISBN:
9780062685100
9780062685117
9780062685094
Accelerated Reader:
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Level 3.4, 2 Points
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Grouping Titlealmost american girl
Grouping Authorrobin ha
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Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2023-06-02 02:08:35AM
Last Indexed2023-06-02 02:27:56AM

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Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book

A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo.

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.

So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation—following her mother's announcement that she's getting married—Robin is devastated.

Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to—her mother.

Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined.

This nonfiction graphic novel with four starred reviews is an excellent choice for teens and also accelerated tween readers, both for independent reading and units on immigration, memoirs, and the search for identity.

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Alabama -- Juvenile literature
Authors, American -- Virginia -- Falls Church -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
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Biographies
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Comics (Graphic works)
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
English language -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature
Graphic novels
Ha, Robin -- Comic books, strips, etc
Immigrants -- Juvenile literature
Korea -- Juvenile literature
Korean American families -- Juvenile literature
Korean Americans -- Juvenile literature
Koreans -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile literature
Single mothers -- Juvenile literature
Stepfamilies -- Juvenile literature
Teenage girls -- Identity -- Juvenile literature
Women illustrators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women immigrants -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Almost American Girl An Illustrated Memoir
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir / Robin Ha
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Almost American Girl
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An Illustrated Memoir
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English language
Ha, Robin
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Korean American families
Korean Americans
Koreans
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