Once, in a Town Called Moth Contributor(s): Kent, Trilby (Author) |
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ISBN: 073526306X ISBN-13: 9780735263062 Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce - Young Adult Fiction | Religious - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.57 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The fish out of water story of a young Mennonite girl from Bolivia trying to find her way in a big city, for fans of Stephanie Oakes's The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly. Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, from which her mother fled when Ana was a young girl. Now Ana and her father have also fled, and Ana doesn't know why. She only knows that something was amiss in their tight-knit community. Arriving in Toronto, Ana has to fend for herself in this alien environment, completely isolated in a big city with no help and no idea where to even begin. But begin she does: she makes a friend, then two. She goes to school and tries to understand the myriad unspoken codes and rules. She is befriended by a teacher. She goes to the library, the mall, parties. And all the while, she searches for the mother who left so long ago, and tries to understand her father -- also a stranger in a strange land, with secrets of his own. This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with readers who have struggled with being new and unsure in a strange place, even if that place is in a classroom full of people they know. Ana's story is unique but universal; strange but familiar; extraordinary but ordinary: a fish out of water tale that speaks to us all. |