Ten Cents a Pound Contributor(s): Tran-Davies, Nhung N. (Author), Bisaillon, Josée (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1772600563 ISBN-13: 9781772600568 Publisher: Second Story Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
Dewey: E |
Lexile Measure: 610 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.6" W x 11" (0.85 lbs) 24 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Topical - Family |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 502613 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A young girl is torn by her desire to stay home with her family and the familiarity of their village, and her desire to go to school and discover the world beyond the mountains that surround them. Every time the girl insists that she will stay, her mother repeats that she must go--that there is more to life than labor in the coffee fields. Their loving exchange reveals the struggles and sacrifices that they will both have to make for the sake of the young girl's future. The sweet, simple text captures a mother's love and her wish for a life of opportunity for her daughter. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bisaillon, Josee: - Josée Bisaillon has illustrated more than twenty-five children's books, created numerous editorial illustrations for magazines and newspapers. She has been short-listed twice for the Governor General's Literary Award, and she won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award for The Snow Knows. She lives outside Montreal with her family.Tran-Davies, Nhung N.: - Nhung N. Tran-Davies is a physician and founder of the Children of Vietnam Benevolent Foundation. She has been a speaker at the UN's International Organization for Migration conference in Geneva as part of its I am a Migrant campaign to help reduce hate speech and promote tolerance. |