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A Path of Stars
Contributor(s): O'Brien, Anne Sibley (Author), O'Brien, Anne Sibley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1570917353     ISBN-13: 9781570917356
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2012
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2011003472
Lexile Measure: 560
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 10" (0.90 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Cultural Region - Asian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 150454
Reading Level: 4.8   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
A touching story of family, loss, and memory.

Dara's grandmother, Lok Yeay, is full of stories about her life growing up in Cambodia, before she immigrated to the United States. Lok Yeay tells her granddaughter of the fruits and plants that grew there, and how her family would sit in their yard and watch the stars that glowed like fireflies. Lok Yeay tells Dara about her brother, Lok Ta, who is still in Cambodia, and how one day she will return with Dara and Dara's family to visit the place she still considers home. But when a phone call disrupts Lok Yeay's dream to see her brother again, Dara becomes determined to bring her grandmother back to a place of happiness.

Anne Sibley O'Brien's dreamlike illustrations beautifully complement this fictional story based on real-life experiences. Back matter contains information about the admission of Cambodian refugees into the United States, specifically Maine, after soldiers forced them out of their homeland in the 1970s. An author's note and glossary are also included.

A PATH OF STARS was originally developed for the New Mainers Book Project, part of the Maine Humanities Council's Born to Read program. The Project sponsors high-quality children's picture books created from the experiences of Maine's refugee communities, to preserve and present their cultural heritage and to promote their English language literacy.