Book cover for A Step From Heaven
Description
A National Book Award Nominee, A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2001. In this debut novel, a young girl describes her family's bittersweet experience in the United States after their emigration from Korea. Four years old on the flight to California, Young Ju concludes that America is heaven. But when they arrive, they are weighed down by the difficulty of learning English, their insular family life, and the traditions of the country they left behind.
Publisher Speak
ISBN10 0142500275
ISBN13 9780142500279
Number of Pages 160
File Size DL-54MB
Shelf Number HG708
Grade Range
Ages 12 - 99
Format Audio Plus Download, EPub Download, Voice Text