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Kent, Trilby

 
9780735263062: Once, in a Town Called Moth
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 073526306X ISBN 13 : 9780735263062
Editeur : Tundra Book Group, 2018

Synopsis

The fish out of water story of a young Mennonite girl from Bolivia trying to find her way in a big city, for fans of Stephanie Oakes's The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly.

Ana is not your typical teenager. She grew up in a tiny Mennonite colony in Bolivia, from which her mother fled when Ana was a young girl. Now Ana and her father have also fled, and Ana doesn't know why. She only knows that something was amiss in their tight-knit community. Arriving in Toronto, Ana has to fend for herself in this alien environment, completely isolated in a big city with no help and no idea where to even begin. But begin she does: she makes a friend, then two. She goes to school and tries to understand the myriad unspoken codes and rules. She is befriended by a teacher. She goes to the library, the mall, parties. And all the while, she searches for the mother who left so long ago, and tries to understand her father -- also a stranger in a strange land, with secrets of his own.
This is a beautifully told story that will resonate with readers who have struggled with being new and unsure in a strange place, even if that place is in a classroom full of people they know. Ana's story is unique but universal; strange but familiar; extraordinary but ordinary: a fish out of water tale that speaks to us all.

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À propos de l'auteur

TRILBY KENT was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in cities on both sides of the Atlantic. After completing degrees at Oxford University and The London School of Economics, she worked in the rare books department at a prominent auction house before turning to journalism and finally writing with her first book, the critically acclaimed Medina Hill. Her previous novel, Stones for My Father, won the TD Children's Literature Award. After years living in England, she now resides in Toronto with her family.

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Éditeur
Tundra Book Group
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
073526306X
ISBN 13 
9780735263062
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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