| Once, in a Town Called Moth Contributor(s): Kent, Trilby (Author) |
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ISBN: 110191811X ISBN-13: 9781101918111 Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce - Young Adult Fiction | Religious - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015955120 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.85 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, and her mother fled the colony 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. |