The leavers, Lisa Ko
Type
Label
The leavers, Lisa Ko
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-599)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The leavers
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
986237472
Responsibility statement
Lisa Ko
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
Summary
One morning Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Far from everything he's ever know, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of his mother and his past