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Starting over in Sunset Park

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"Jessica and her mom, Camila, must live in their cousins' crowded apartment until Camila finds work making holiday decorations and they can afford their own place. Isolated on the playground and baffled in class, unable to understand her teacher's instructions, Jessica is intensely homesick. But lit...

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Main Authors: Pelaez, José (Author), McGee, Lynn (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, 2021.
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Sunset Park (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > New York (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Cats > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
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Summary:"Jessica and her mom, Camila, must live in their cousins' crowded apartment until Camila finds work making holiday decorations and they can afford their own place. Isolated on the playground and baffled in class, unable to understand her teacher's instructions, Jessica is intensely homesick. But little by little, things get better. She begins to learn English, and she loves the cats she and her mom care for to earn extra money. Left behind by traveling owners, the cats make the best of their situation, inspiring Jessica to do the same. color throughout"--Amazon.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
ISBN:0884488446
9780884488446
Author Notes:

José Pelaez (Brooklyn, NY) founded Kitty, an agency that provides temporary homes to the pets of traveling New Yorkers. Starting Over in Sunset Park explores issues he himself experienced while adjusting to a new life in America. He hopes the book will help children during difficult times of transition.

Lynn McGee's (Bronx, NY) published volumes of poetry include Tracks (2019), Sober Cooking (2016), and two award-winning chapbooks. Twice a Pushcart nominee, she has taught adult literacy to immigrants and has led poetry workshops in New York City elementary schools as an artist-in-residence with the Teachers and Writers Collaborative. Starting Over in Sunset Park is her first children's book.

Bianca Diaz (Brooklyn, NY), a granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, grew up in Pilsen, a Mexican American neighborhood in Chicago. She believes that healthy communities can help people become happy, independent human beings; through art and education, she strives to be instrumental in the collaborative creation of these communities. Bianca is a 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award nominee for her illustrations for The One Day House.


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