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Khai Diep no tiene sentimientos. Bueno, se siente irritado cuando la gente mueve sus cosas o contento cuando los libros de contabilidad se equilibran hasta el último centavo, pero no experimenta emociones grandes e importantes como el amor y el dolor. En lugar de creer que procesa las emociones de manera diferente debido a que es autista, concluye que es defectuoso y decide evitar las relaciones románticas. Entonces su madre, llevada a la desesperación,...
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Austral juvenil volume 116
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Eleven-year-old Park makes some startling discoveries when he travels to his grandfather's farm in Virginia to learn about his father who died in the Vietnam War.
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Maya and Annie are friends who play together on Saturdays and Sundays. They make lemonade with lemons from the big tree in Annie's yard and play with Maya's two little dogs. Maya likes the different food Annie's dad cooks: noodles, rice, fish and dumplings. And Annie likes eating dinners Maya's mom makes: tacos, chicken, tamales and rice and beans. Weekends are special because the girls don't see each other on school days. Annie's dad takes them...
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between...
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