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Courage, belonging, and family across oceans

Kelly Yang’s bestselling middle-grade novel follows ten-year-old Knox from Hong Kong to California. Separated from his father, he faces a new school, family uncertainty, and racism during COVID-19. A timely story of courage, hope, resilience, and embracing what makes us unique.

  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2024)
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee for Junior (2025)
  • California Young Readers Medal for Intermediate (2025)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781534488311
Authors: Kelly Yang
Date of Publication: 2023-02-28
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Realistic Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.29
(rated by 4841 readers)

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An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! This “timely and compelling” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience follows an Asian American boy fighting to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus. When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans’s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move—and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work. At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he’s from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn’t even know when he’ll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox’s blurting-things-out problem. As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country. Can you belong if you’re feared; can you protect if you’re new? And how do you keep a family together when you’re oceans apart? Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.
 

Courage, belonging, and family across oceans

Kelly Yang’s bestselling middle-grade novel follows ten-year-old Knox from Hong Kong to California. Separated from his father, he faces a new school, family uncertainty, and racism during COVID-19. A timely story of courage, hope, resilience, and embracing what makes us unique.

  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2024)
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee for Junior (2025)
  • California Young Readers Medal for Intermediate (2025)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2022)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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