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On the Block: Stories of Immigrant Families

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ellen Oh (Editor)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:10/21/2025Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yearling BooksISBN-13:9780593648476ISBN-10:593648471UPC:9780593648476Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories, Social Themes, Diversity & MulticulturalBook Topic:Emigration & ImmigrationSize:7.50 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8A0ENQ3E
From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding member of WNDB.

"The beauty of their shared home does not come from any single person, but instead from the sum of their experiences" -Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

12 Families. 12 Cultures. 1 Building.

Welcome to the Entrada, home to these everyday Americans, including

  • the new kid on the block, who is both homesick and curious
  • a Popsicle-bridge builder, a ghost hunter, and a lion dancer
  • their families, friends, and neighbors from all around the world!

Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology features award-winning authors Tracey Baptiste, David Bowles, Adrianna Cuevas, Sayantani DasGupta, Debbi Michiko Florence, Adam Gidwitz, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Andrea Wang, and Jasmine Warga. These inspiring stories celebrate family, friendship, culture, and American immigrant life today.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yearling BooksISBN-13:9780593648476ISBN-10:593648471UPC:9780593648476Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories, Social Themes, Diversity & MulticulturalBook Topic:Emigration & ImmigrationSize:7.50 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SC8A0ENQ3E
Ellen Oh is an award-winning author and editor of middle-grade and young adult novels, including Haru, Zombie Dog Hero; Finding Junie Kim; The Dragon Egg Princess; the Spirit Hunters trilogy; and The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee. She has also edited and contributed to On the Block: Stories of Home, You Are Here: Connecting Flights and Flying Lessons & Other Stories. She is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing diversity in children's literature. Ellen lives in Rockville, Maryland, with her husband, three human children, and two dog children.
Publisher: Yearling Books

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