Islandborn
by Junot Díaz
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Inclusion Diversity and Fiction.
Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island?she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their me...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Inclusion Diversity and Fiction.
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Nate Berkus
“#BlackHistoryMonth. Teaching our kids as much as we can about the world is really important to @JeremiahBrent and me. Books are really beautiful ways we do this. "Island Born" by Junot Díaz and "Ella Fitzgerald" by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara are 2 wonderful books I reccomend.”
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