Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir / Robin Ha.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 227 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062685100; 0062685104; 9780062685094; 0062685090Subject(s): Ha, Robin -- Comic books, strips, etc | Ha, Robin -- Cartoons and comics | Korean American women cartoonists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Korean American women illustrators -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Teenage girls -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Korean Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- Comic books, strips, etc | Comic books, strips, etc. -- Korean American authors -- Cartoons and comics | Graphic novels | Authors, American | Comic books, strips, etc. -- Authorship | Emigration and immigration | English language -- Study and teaching | Immigrants | Korean American families | Korean Americans | Koreans | Mothers and daughters | Single mothers | Stepfamilies | Teenage girls | Women illustrators | Women immigrants | Cartoonists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Women cartoonists -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Women illustrators -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Women immigrants -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc | Immigration and emigration -- Comic books, strips, etc | Immigrants -- Comic books, strips, etc | Mother-daughter relationship -- Comic books, strips, etc | Single parents -- Comic books, strips, etc | Teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc | Koreans -- Comic books, strips, etc | Stepfamilies -- Comic books, strips, etc | Korean American families -- Comic books, strips, etc | Korean Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc | Comic books, strips, etc -- Comic books, strips, etc | Graphic novels -- Comic books, strips, etc | Alabama | Korea | United States | Virginia -- Falls ChurchGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Autobiographical comics. | Comic books, strips, etc. | Graphic novels. | Nonfiction comics. | Autobiographies. | Graphic novels. | Autobiographical comics. | Nonfiction comics. DDC classification: 305.9/06912 LOC classification: PN6727.H23 | Z46 2020Subject: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined."--Provided by publisher.
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"A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined."--Provided by publisher.
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