Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
Edwidge Danticat
Jailed as an undocumented immigrant, Saya’s mother sends her daughter stories of her native Haiti, while Saya writes the story of her own life.
Book details
- Format
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 1, 2015
- ISBN-13
- 9780525428091
- Language
- English
Reading lists that include this book
- 2016Five to Nine
- 2016Picture Books for School-Age Children
Sources
- The Best Children's Books of the Year [2016 edition]Source for: Description
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