A Step from Heaven

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Jeane, April 2, 2008 (view all comments by Jeane)
This is a quiet, elegant little book that tells the story of an immigrant family who moves from Korea to California. Narrated by the daughter Young Ju, it depicts the everyday struggles of adjusting to a new culture in a strange land. Everything is difficult: job searches, learning English, attending school, living as tenants; all these things slowly wear the family down. Disempowered by his inability to navigate through American culture, the father looses control as head of the family and slides into a pattern of drinking and abuse. Even as parents and siblings shift roles and come to live as strangers, Young Ju discovers the strength in herself to step forward and claim identity and hope in her new place.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781886910584

Author:

Na, An

Publisher:

Front Street

Location:

Asheville, NC

Subject:

General

Subject:

Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General

Subject:

Family life

Subject:

Emigration and immigration

Subject:

Ethnic - Asian American

Subject:

Korean Americans

Subject:

Social Situations - Emigration & Immigration

Subject:

People & Places - United States - Asian American

Subject:

Social Issues - Emigration & Immigration

Subject:

Children s-General

Edition Number:

1st ed.

Series Volume:

no. PR03

Publication Date:

19970331

Binding:

Hardcover

Grade Level:

Elementary and junior high

Language:

English

Pages:

156

Dimensions:

8.49x5.78x.72 in. .71 lbs.

Age Level:

13-17