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Pie in the sky

Lai, Remy. Book - 2019 Y Fiction / Lai, Remy, Kids Book / Fiction / Humor / Lai, Remy 3 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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Knowing very little English, eleven-year-old Jingwen feels like an alien when his family immigrates to Australia, but copes with loneliness and the loss of his father by baking elaborate cakes.

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Interesting take on moving! submitted by devich on July 4, 2021, 2:28pm I read the book and I really like the way it shows how kids could feel like aliens on another planet

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PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 380 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781250314109

SUBJECTS
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Language and languages -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Cakes -- Fiction.
Baking -- Fiction.
Single-parent families -- Fiction.
Australia -- Fiction.