My Brother Is Away
$43.40
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2022
Summary
In this moving picture book, a young girl reflects on the emotions and challenges of growing up with a brother who is incarcerated. This touching story is filled with vivid illustrations and is based on the author’s childhood experiences.
An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book NPR Best Book of the Year A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
With her older brother in prison, a young girl copes with the confusing feelings his absence c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593127162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593127161 |
| Author: | Sara Greenwood, Luisa Uribe |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 279mm |
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Critics Review
“An accessible, validating narrative about the impact of incarceration within families.” – Kirkus Reviews
★ “This empathetic book addresses a topic that’s relevant to a significant number of children yet rarely covered in children’s books.” —Booklist, starred review★ “Reminds readers that, for every person who is incarcerated, there is also a family and a community whose lives have also been changed.“—BookPage, starred review★ “A necessary picture book that will tug at heartstrings, inspire empathy, and fill an important gap in children’s literature… powerful.” —School Library Journal, starred review“An accessible, validating narrative about the impact of incarceration within families.” —Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Sara Greenwood
Caroline Starr Rose, writing as Sara Greenwood, hopes her stories help children feel seen and heard. She wants them to know their emotions count and their experiences matter. She is a former teacher who lives with her family in New Mexico.
Luisa Uribe is the illustrator of Areli is a Dreamer, which has received two starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist. She was awarded the Society of Illustrators Dilys Evans Founder’s Award for The Vast Wonder of the World by Melina Mangal. She also illustrated Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, describing her work as “dynamic.” She lives in Bogota, Colombia, with her partner and two cats.
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