"When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a prop skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids empathize with immigrant children whose experiences are very similar to Saoussan's"--|cProvided by publisher
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Cross Group, Oppression & Resilience
Settings: Asia, Canada, Lebanon, Northern America, Western Asia
Ethnicity: Lebanese, Unspecified
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Brown-Skinned and/or Race Unspecified, Middle Eastern/North African/Arab
Cross Group Sub: Central, Direct, Positive
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary