Parachute kids

After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.

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Main Author: Tang, Betty C. (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2023.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
Physical Description:281 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12
Grades 2-3
ISBN:9781338832686
1338832689
9781338832693
1338832697
Author Notes:Betty C. Tang is the creator of Parachute Kids , an instant Indie bestseller, ALA Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book, B&N Book Award Finalist, and longlisted for the National Book Award, among many other distinctions! Outsider Kids was also an Indie bestseller, an Amazon top book of 2025, and received 3 starred reviews. Betty illustrated the New York Times bestselling Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Before becoming a full-time graphic novelist, Betty worked for various Hollywood animation studios, including Disney TV and DreamWorks Animation, and codirected an animated feature called Where's the Dragon? She is also a fourth-degree black belt in aikido. Betty immigrated to California as a parachute kid when she was ten and currently lives in Los Angeles. Learn more about her work at bettyctang.com.