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/100
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70/100Critics
75/100Scholars
Author:
Qian Julie Wang
Publisher:
Doubleday
Date:
September 7, 2021
A memoir that puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.
What The Reviewers Say
The narrative is full of sharply rendered scenes.
Qian Julie Wang exposes the darker side of immigration to America: the plight of the undocumented, forced to live in abject poverty in the richest country in the world.
... a coming of age story that puts a fresh spin on the familiar tale of migratory hardship. There’s no sentimental ennoblement of poverty in this book.
... powerful.
